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These remarks, for his further satisfaction, he from time to time submitted to trial, by various experiments upon a small scale: And by thus persevering, he flatters himself to have acquired a tolerable knowledge of the different phenomena so universally attendant on, and inseparably connected with, the process of Soap-making; thereby rendering the whole at once clear, plain, and comprehensive.

In reviewing of late his jottings, he was forcibly impressed with this idea, viz. that these remarks and observations, being the result of above five-and-twenty years practical experience, might be of advantage, if made public, to the generality of his Brethren in Trade, especially those who have not