Section 93

The fecond 'Soofa
Of the generation ofAnimals.
Chap.
The Table
feafens 8 Fruits and F Inters may be had at all times of
the year 9 Made late and backyard 1 o
Fruit to grow bigger then their ordinary
kinds 1 1
Fruit that ft aU have neither ftone nor ker
net 12 Fruit produced -without any rines or ft els i 3 C°lours fuch as are not incident to thetr
k>nde 1 4
Colours of Flowers may be changed I 5 Fruits and Flowers may be changed to a bet'
ter favour then ordinary 1 6
Fruits to be fweeter and pleafenter for toft 1 7 Fruits ingrowing may be made to reftmble all
figures and impreffions whatfoever 1 8 Fruits to be made more tender , beautiful and
goodly to the eye 1 9
'Divers k'ndes of Fruits , and wines made
medtcinable 20 Fruits and Vines planted that may yield grea-
tefi encreafe 2 1
The fourth ISoo^
The increaiing of Houfhold StufTe.
Chap.
FRuits long preferved on their trees 1 Flowers preferved on their own fiallkj 2 Fruit- fafes or places to prejerve frutts conve- niently 3 Time to be chofen for prefer ving fuch fruits as you lay inflore for a great while 4 Manner of gathering fruits, and how to drefs the fialk^ to prevent the original caufe of their putrefaction 5 Ground* , fruits ft ott Id grow in , and be ga- thered which we lay up 6 Fruits to be ftut up clofefrom the air 7 The Ancients ftut fruit clofe in certain vef- fels, and put them in other vtffels full of Heyuor 8 Frutts drenched in honey , to make them lafl for a long time 9 Fruits may belong preferved in ordinary wine, fodden wine, new wine , or elfe in wine Lees I o
Fruits very well preferved in falt-water 1 1 Things that may be preferved in Oyl, and LeesofOyl " 12 tApples long preferved in Sawdufi with leaves, chaff, and firaw j 1 3
Fruits mixed with many things for their pre, fervation j *
Things may be preferved from putrefaction 1 5 Divers f irts of bread may be made i 6 Bread made of roots and fruits i 7
Ways to m*ke bread of com andpulft 1 8 Bread increafed in weight 1 p
To endure long hunger and thirfl 2 o
Of what fruits wine may be made 2 1
Vinegar to be made divers ways and of what 2 2
De feCts of wine managed and re(tored 2 3 Oyl made of divers things 24 Many forts of thread may be provided 25 Eggs hatched wit bout a Hen 2 6
The fiftbBoo^
Of changing Metals.
Chap.
TO convert Tin into a more excellent Me- tal t Lead into another Metal 2 Brafs into a more worthy LMetal 5 Iron into a worthier Metal 4 Quick: f lvers its effects and operations J Of Silver 6 Operations neceffaryfor ufe 7 To make a Metal more weighty % T 7 part Metals without Aqua fortis 9 To part Gold, or Silver, from other Metals with Aqua fonis xo
The fixth 'Boofc
Of counterfeiting precious Stones
Chap.
SAlts ufed in the compoftion of Gems I How Flint, or Cry ft alii to be prepared, and how Pafitls are boiled 2 The furnace and the parts thereof 3 To make colours 4 How Gems are coloured 5 Gems otherwise made
TinCtures of Brrfal 7 Mating Smalt or Ennamel 8 Smalt of a %pfe colour 9 Leaves of Metal to be put under Gems I O Hew to be po lifted 1 1
Building a furnace for the colouring plates X 2 "Kays coloured by a mixture of Metals r ?
The
The Table
Tbefeyentb'Boo^;
Of tht Wonders of the Load- ftone.
Ts Name, Kindey and Conntrey Natural reafon of its attraction
Chap, i
2
A man of wood may row about) with othet conceits 2 p
A load ft one on a pi Ate of Iron-, will not ftirre Iron 3 o
The P oft ion of the Iron , will change the forces 3 I
'the Iron mhbed with the Northern point of the load- ft one i willtxrnto the font h , and With the fouth point to th e north J 2
Iron touched wiu b the load- ft one , will impart the force to other Iron 3 3
The hoad'ftor,es oppofite poles., North, S outh, \ The venue received in the Iron, is weakened and how they may be l^nown 3 ' by one that is ftronger 3 4
The Stones force fent by a right tine from To difcern in a Stvne the South or North North to South, through the length 41 point , 3 5
T he polar line not ftable, but moveable 5 To rnt> the Iron-needle of the Marrinets com' The force of North and South vigorous tn the | pafs 3 6
points 6 \ The ufes of Marrmers Compares 3 7
By the touching of other ft ones, thoje points j The Longitude of the world may be found will not change there forces 7 0tit h the help of the Load- ft one 3 8
A Load-ftone w& draw a Load-ftone, and If the Marriners Needle ft and ft illy and the drive it from it 8 Load- ft one move , or contrarily , they will
A (port of the Load- ftone 9 move contrary ways 3 p
The greater the Loadjlone, the greater its The Loadftaw imports a contrary form to force 1 0 the Needle 40
Two Needles touching by the Load' ftone, ob- tain contrary forces 4 1 The force of the Iron that draws , will drive off Iron, by dtverfity of Situation 42 The Needle touched by the Load- ft one on one part, doth net always receive venue on both parts 43 The Needle touched in the middle by the Load ftone, fends frth its force at both ends 44 An Iron %ing touched by a Load ftone will rece tve bithvertues 45 An Iron plate touched in the middle will dif- tts forces at both ends 4 6 Filings Iron may receive force 47 Whether Garlicky an hinder the vertues of the Lead ftone 48 A Load-ftone aftonifhed m-:y be brought to its felf again 49
The force of this Stone , will pafs into other Stones I 1
In the Load- ftone hairinefs is contufed 1 2 The attractive part more violent,then the part that drives of I 3
Contrary parts of the Stones , contrary one to another 1 4
To know the polar points in the Load-ftone 1 5 The force of drawing and driving off, cannot be kindred 1 6
Make an army of fand to fight 1 7
Situation maizes its vertnes contrary I 8 The attractive force of the load- ftone, may be weighed 1 9
The LMfttual attraction, and driving off of the load-ftone, and of Iron 20 Iron and the load-ftone in greater amity, then the load-ftone ts with the load ftone 2 1 7 he load' ftone doth not draw on all parts, but
at certainpoints 2 2 ' fo augment the Load ft ones vertue 5 O
The fame load-ftone that draws , doth on the j That the Load»ftone may lefe its vertue 5 1 contrary point drive of the Iron 2 3 How the Iron touched with the load ftone lo- Iron to leap on a table , no load-ftone being feth its force 5 2
feen 24 That the Diamond hindereth the load-ftones
The vertue of the load (tone is fent through the , Vertue is fa'fe 43 pieces of Iron 2 5 Goats blood doth not free the load ftone from
The load-ftone within the fphedr of its vertue, ' the inchamment of the Diamond 54 fends it forth without touching 2 6 The Iron touched with a Diamond, will turn
The load-ftone can hang Iron in the air 2 7 | to the 'Hprth J %
The forces of the load ftone cannot be kindred, 'Forces and Remedies of the load-ftone 5 6 by a wall or table coming between 28 The
The Table.
The eighth cBool{ •
Of Phyfical Experiments.
CHap.
MEdicines which caufe Jleep l To make a man out of his fences for a day 2 To caufe fever al kinds of Vreames 3 Excellent Remedies for the eyes 4 To fatten the teeth 5 For ether infirmities of mans body 6 That a woman may conceive 7 Remedies againfi the Pox 8 Antidotes againft Poyfon 9 the Plague 1 ©
Remedies for wounds and blows 1 1
Afecret medicine for wounds 1 2
To counterfeit infirmities \ 2
Of F afcination-i and 'fefervatives againfi In- ehantments 1 4
The ninth cBoofa Of Beautifying Women.
A v::
O dye the hair Tellow, or Gold- colour I
J. 'Aei \ . 2
Blacl^ A 3
To hairs part fmooth 4
J7 7
hair 6
1o make hair curl 7
To make the Eye-brows black. 8
To make the face white 9 To make the face very clean , to receive the
colour I o
To make the face very foft 1 1
To make the face [bine like fiver I 2
To dijfolve Talk-, for t0 beautifie women I 2
7 he preparation of fublimate 1 4
Mo ip Whit e~ lead is prepared for the face I J
The bcfi S opes for Women 1 6
To mtk? the face Rofe- coloured 1 7
jQgainJt reduefs of the face I 8
To make a Sun-burnt face white 1 9
To take fp ts from the face 2 o
To take off red Pimples 2 1
To ta\e i etters from the faceyor elfwhere 22
To take away Warts 2 2
To take wrinkles from the body 24
Of Dentifrices 25
To hinder the Brefls from augmenting 2 6
To make the hand white 2 7
To correct the ill fent of the Arm pits 2 8 How the matrix over-widened in childe-
birth may be made narrower 2 9
Sports againfi women 3 Q
n f -\fC •> !*.} ■ ' ^* *
Of Diftillation,
"\J"^Hat Dift illation is, how many forts t
Extraction of Waters ■ 1
Extracting Aqua Vitse 5
To dtfiil with the heat of the Sun 4
To draw Oylby expreffion 5
1 0 extract Oyl with Water 6
To fepar ate Oyl from water 7 Toma\e an infirument to extract Oyl in a greater quantity , and without danger of
burning g
The defcription of a Defcendatory 9
To extract Oyl out of Cjnms I o
To draw Oyl out of other things 1 1
To extract: Oyl by defcent 12
Extraction of EJfe^ces \ j
Magifieries what, their extraction 1 4
To extract tinctures \ j
To extract S Alts j 5,
Of Elixirs j j
Of a Cliffut) how made 1 §
To get Oyl out of Salts 1 9
Of Aqua Forcis 20
0/7&i? feparation of the Elements 2 1
TZ>e eleventh 2oo^;
Of Perfuming
OF 'Perfuming waters 1
7c w
7«> make fweet Oyls $ To extract Water and Oyl out of fweet Qums
by infufion 4
To perfume Skins J
To make fweet Powders 6
To make fweet Compounds 7
To make fweet perfumes 8
To Adulterate Musk. 9
D
The twelfth "Boofa
Of Artificial Fires.
/ vers ways to procure fire * The compofitions for fire our Ancefiors
ttfed
The Table
Ujtd . 2
Divers compactions of Gunpowder 3 Pices made to caft out fire 4 To wake fire-balls that are jhot in Brafs-
gttns 5 Compofitions with burning waters 6 Balls made of Metals , to caft forth fire and
Iron wedges 7 How in plain ground and under waters Mines
may be prefently digged 8 Things good to extingmfh fire 9 Divers eompof tio ns for fre I O
Fire-compofitionsforfcaflival days 1 1 Experiments of fire H Hsw a Candle {hall burn continually 1 3
The thirteenth ^Boo^ Of tempering Steel.
Chap.
I Ron by mixture may A» U*r/lj>*,*A t. How Iron will wax foft 2 The temper of Iron mufi be ufed upon foft Irons ? How for all mixtures, Iron may be tempered mofi hard 4 Liquors that wi 11 harden Iron J The temper of a Tool {hall cut a Porphyr Marble Stone 6 To grave a Porphyr UWarble , without an Iron Tool 7 How I ron by heating in the fire, may be made tradable for works 8 How Damask^ Knives may be made 9 Polifhed Iron, how pre ferved from rufi I o
The fourteenth Hoofa Of Cookery.
1
Chap.
HOw flefh may be made tender 1 How flefh may grow tender by fecret propriety 1 How flefh may be made tender otherwife 3 How Shell-creatures may grow more tender^ That living creatures may be made more fat and welltafted J How the fiefh of Animals is made fweeter 6 How they are made too bitter to be eaten 7 How Animals may be boiled, rofied, baked, all at once &
Divers wnys to dre ft Pullets $ Hew meats may be prepared in places where there is nothing to rofl them with I o Divers confections of Wines 1 1
To make men drunl^, and loath wine 1 2 To drive Paraptes from great mens Tablesl 3
The fifteenth "Bool^-
Of Fifliing, Fowling, Hunt- ing, &c. .
Chap.
"^"yHat meats allure divers animals l How living creatures are drawn on
with the baits of love z Animals called together by things they like 3 ffhat noifes allure Birds 4 Fifhes allured by light in the night j By Looking' glares many creatures are
brought together 6 Animals are congregated by fweet fmells 7 Creatures made drunk^ catcht with hand 8 Peculiar poyfons of Animals p Venomes for Fifhes ■ j 0
Experiments for hunting \ \
Tj£ ftxteenth TBoofa
of invifible Writing,
Chap.
HOw a writing dipt in divers liquors may be read 1 Letters made vifible in the fire 2 Letters rub'd with dufl to be feen 3 To write tn an egge q How you may write in divers places, and de- ceive one that can reade J In what place Letters may be inclofed 6 What fecret meffengers may be ufed 7 LMejfengers not to know that they carry Let" ters, nor to be found about them 8 Characters to be made that at fetdays fhatt vanijh 9 To take off Letters that are written on pa- per 10 To counterfeit a Seal and Writing 1 1
To fpeakjtt a great difiance I *
Signs to be made with fire by night and with d'/fi by day 1 3
TU
The Table
The feventeenth 2>0o^ .
Of Burning- glades , and the wonderful fights by them.
REprefe rotations made by plain Glaffes i
Shirts with plain Looking' gl.iffes 2
A Lgoktv^glafs calleda Theatrecal-glafs 3
Operations of Concave glaffes 4
M xt operations of plain (for.cave glaffes 5
Other operations of a Concavt'glafs 6
How to fee in the dark^ 7
An Image may he ben to range in the air 8 OHixtares of Glares and divers operations
of Images g
£ff >tts or a Lenticular fryftal 1 o
Specifies to fee be)knd imagination 1 1
To fee in a Chamber^thtngs that are not I 2
( The operations of a CriJlal-ptUtr 13 Burntng-gfaJJes 14
A Parabolical Settion7which is of Glaffes the moft burning I 5
That may burn obliquely and at very great diltance 1 6
That may burn at infinite diftance 1 7 A Burning- glafsmade of many fpiritwal Se- ctions ' 1 8 Fire kjndled more forcible by refraction 1 9 An Image to be feenby a hollow Glafs 20 How Spectacles are made 2 \ Foils are laid on Concave glaffes and how they are banned 2 2 How Metal Looking' glaffes are made 2 3
The eighteenth *Boo\^
of Things heavy and light.
Chap.
1PH A. afcend in the fame degree I
By drinking to make fport with thofe that fit at table . J 2
To part wine from water it is mingled with 3 Another way to part water from wme^ To part a light body from a he a vy 5 To mingle things heavy and light 6 Other ways to part wine from water 7 The levity of water and air different and what may be wr aught thereby %
The mnteenth TSooh^ cf WincHnftruments.
V \fHetker material Statues may fpeakby an Artificial way 1 Muficab-I nflrnments made with water 1 Experiments ofmnd-Inflruments 3 A Defer iption of iVater-hour-gUffes 4 Of a Veffel cafiing forth water by rea-
fon of j
How to ufe the air tn many Arts 6
The twentieth Hoo^ Of the Chaos;
Chip.
HOw water may be made Potable 1 To maty water of air 2 To alter the face that ones friends fhall not know him 5 Tha tfiones may move alone 4 An Inftrument whereby to hear at great di- ftance 5 To augment weight 6 The wonder fu I proporties of the Harp 7 To difcover frauds in Impoftors that wor^ by natural means and pretend conjura- tion % Experiments of a Lamp Some mechanical Experiments 1 o
FINIS.
* S». L Bir^fafft NOV 2(^1911