l88 DlSTILLED SPIRITS.

ris Med. Ob/, ts? Inq. Vol. i.) what comes over beforecbullition being mere vinous fpirit. Bucquet, Regnevcgetal, tom. 1.

The ufe cf repeatedly commitung to diftillationthe aeid refidnam, räch time with a fmaller quanti-ty of Alkohol, fee in a paper read by Cadet tol'Acad. des Sc. Ann. 1774.

^THER VITRIQLICUS.

Vi! RIOLIC IE TEER. . '*; -,.

Take of the Spirit of vitriolic /Ether twopounds.

Water of pure Kali one ounce bymeafurer.

Shake them together, and diftill, with agen-tle heat, fottrteen ounces by meafure.

R E M A R K.

The ufe of the Cauftic, or pure Kali, is to arreflany uncombined vitriolic Acid in the fpirit of vitri-olic JEther.

iEther, the moft light, volatile, and inflammable,of all fiuids, is with difficulty preferved from exha-lation. It has becyi fuppöfed not mifeibie with wa-ter,