Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640 in English Translation

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Molding from paper

Over hot ashes, boil some cotton in aqua fortis mixed with sal ammoniac like aqua regia. And the cotton will become very fine, like powder. Then soak it with gummed water and you will cast quite delicately.