DEAR SIR,_Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air.

When I reflect how much the friendship with which you have favoured

me has contributed to my happiness; that from you has been imbibed

a considerable share of the small taste I possess for experimental

inquiries; and that to your skilful and affectionate treatment I am

greatly indebted even for the health I enjoy; it is impossible to

hesitate a moment in the choice of a patron: gratitude and esteem

direct me to inscribe this Treatise to you, and I chearfully obey their

dictates. If to these any additional motive had been wanting, I should

have received it from your having been an evidence to the result of

many of the experiments related in the following pages.

That your own health may long enable you to continue exemplarily useful

to your friends and to the public, is the sincere and ardent wish of,

Experiments and Observations on the Following Subjects 1. On the preparation, calcination, and medicinal uses of Magnesia Alba. 2. On the solvent qualities of calcined Magnesia. 3. On the variety in the solvent powers of quick-lime, when used in different quantities. 4. On various absorbents, as promoting or retarding putrefaction. 5. On the comparative antiseptic powers of vegetable infusions prepared with lime, &c. 6. On the sweetening properties of fixed air. · 第 14 / 93 题