If a Glaſs be cracked, then wet a linnen cloth in the white of an Egge beaten to water, and lay upon it, an upon that preſently whileſt it is wet ſift ſome unſlaked Lime, and preſs it cloſe with your hand, when that is dry lay on another cloth thus wet as before, and on it ſift more Lime.
A veſſell may be ſtopt ſo cloſe with Quick-ſilver that no Spirit can breathe forth, by which means the Glaſs will be preſerved from breaking by the incloſed Spirits, (for the head will firſt yeeld before the Glaſs breaks) the Veſſel muſt be made thus.
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This alſo is a good way to preſerve Spirits already diſtilled from the air,
A, Signifies the head or cover.
B, The body or veſſel it ſelf.
C, The little Glaſs to take out the Liquor that is in the Veſſell becauſe it cannot well be poured out, as by reaſon of the Quick-ſilver which will be apt to be loſt, ſo by reaſon of the form of the Veſſel it ſelf.
D, A falſe bottom where the Quick-ſilver muſt lye, into which the head muſt be ſet upon the Quick-ſilver that ſo the Quick-ſilver may come above the bottome of the Head.
