List of Subjects

CHAPTER VIII.

On the motion of fermentation as it is observed in the destruction, putrefaction, and corruption of bodies, page 49.

The principles of natural bodies hasten from rawness to ripeness, and from there to the dissolution of any thing, in the same place original: ibid.; referring to page 49. The decline and destruction of vegetables, page 50. Animals have predetermined limits for growth and lifespan, in the same place. When life has perished, flesh undergoes corruption, page 51. In what way meat is protected from rot, page 52. Minerals are less subject to rot, unlike more complex and watery substances, page 53. Things during the process of corruption become moldy, or rancid, or turn sour, or degenerate into flat liquid original: vappam; stale wine or a lifeless fluid, in the same place. What corruption is: when it induces rot or decay, with or even without a foul smell, page 54.

CHAPTER IX.

On the motion of fermentation insofar as it is observed in the dissolution of bodies, page 55.

Two great natural solvents, water and fire, and many artificial ones, in the same place. The menstruum a solvent used in chemistry or alchemy to dissolve solids of water is sharpened by salt or sulfur, page 56. By what method spirituous and sulfurous solvents are prepared, and which bodies they dissolve, pages 57 to 61. On the solution of metals, likewise on the specific solvents for gold and silver, pages 62, 63. On the universal solvent, in the same place. The preparation of steel, sulfur, and other minerals, so that their powders may be easily soluble in any liquid, pages 64, 65.

CHAPTER X.

On the nature of fire, and incidentally on heat and light, page 66.

Fire is only produced and sustained in sulfurous bodies, page 67. Its formal cause the essential nature or defining characteristics of a thing, in the same place. How glowing fire, flame, and smoke differ from each other, in the same place. In how many ways fire is ignited, and what the reason is for each, pages 68, 69, 70. On heat, and various applications of fire for human uses, pages 71, 72. On light, 73, 74. On sulfur, 75. On saltpeter original: salnitro; potassium nitrate, a key ingredient in gunpowder, pages 76, 77. On pow- the text breaks here and continues on the next page with the word "powder"