Excerpt from Paracelsus of the Transmutation of MetalsSalts Corrofives and whatfoet er things are calcined, are coagulatedby Fire, and 'then by the coldnefs of the Air ware refolved 1nt'o Liquor, vqiater. Or' Oyl, 1n a moifi place, as a or in t eair, being. Ed uponamar fioneox Glafs: But fat amulp hureous. Things are dif {oh/ed by the heat of the Fire and that which thepire ydi¿'olveth by heat the [ante is coagu lated, zhy: the coldnefs of the Air, Ofifthecon trary, that which is. Di¿'olved by the coldnefs of the A11: i's Coagulat'ed by the heir of the Fire.Nate here the Reafon wherefore we calltbe Medici which feems to op pofe and Contradi& the Opinion of {nine Philofophers: for they will have it to be hot indmoilhbut they confide:6 Of. The Whig/mutation contirigent hereunto is not by Naiutegrbui by.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.