Preface

...has been reprinted once again; after it stood the test there for the first time in the year 1675, even within the Medical Faculty in Paris. Who could imagine that such a thing would happen among such a discerning people, and amidst such a rich abundance of the most excellent chemical writings, if its virtues were not of quite uncommon caliber and worth original: "Schrot und Korne". A metaphor derived from the weight (Schrot) and purity (Korn) of coins, meaning something is of the highest quality or integrity., and thus deserved quite extraordinary praise. However, I cannot refrain from confessing this much, provided the kind reader does not interpret it as an ambitious interference in the domain of physics Physical Regiment: From the German Physicalische Regiment, referring to the established order or governance of the natural sciences (physics) as a scholarly discipline..

Since I have gone through the work as a translator with great diligence and careful consideration from beginning to end: I wished at its conclusion that I might experience a complete and properly interconnected physics original: "Physique". In the 17th century, "Physics" or "Natural Philosophy" was the overarching study of nature, while chemistry was often viewed as its practical or experimental branch. from this man: Because my mind, eager for learning, has yet been satisfied by no one in this regard as he has with his principles and scattered physical observations in this chemistry of his: even though I have previously, under academic guidance, [studied] both the pillars of the physi-