Notes of experiments in chemistry and alchemy (MS Add.3973)

...then white fumes appeared in much greater abundance, and the matter at the bottom remained melted down into a compact, round metallic cake. During the process of subliming Heating a solid until it turns into vapor and then solidifies again upon cooling, the fire was increased both times until it reached a dark red heat.

And the cake which remained at the bottom after the final time weighed about 42 or 44 grains A grain is a traditional unit of weight, roughly 65 milligrams. I placed some of this cake on a red-hot iron, and it melted like antimony original symbol: ♁ and fumed a little, but without the ebullition A state of bubbling or boiling it had shown before sublimation.