102r - - - - - Provisions for the work of Colchos
7 retorts 2 lb. of ☿ ☿ One measure of coarse salt 6 terrines without lead 2 large unleaded pots for calcining 2 alembics for distilling vinegar 4 pots of good vinegar 3 or 4 lamps 2 lb. of cotton One pair of small scissors
For the furnace
A coffer with a stone ten square thumbs in size, and one foot thick, pierced in the middle 2 earthenware boxes or pots with a lid 2 small pipes of fer blanc to evacuate the smoke from the furnace Rapeseed oil for the lamps to heat the furnace A fire—steel
Royal cement
One lb. & a half of vitriol As much saltpeter As much rock alum
Glass vessels
The glass vessel must be made like a pear or round pyramid, of the thickness as a small knife back, round on the bottom without bending like vials, its opening of such a size that a Dutch quill can just about fit in, & with a lip at the end. Thus of height of seven fingers’ width.
Figure at bottom margin
