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Chapter 70
Point VII
Printers also may add this subject to their Ink, which will cause it to adhere very firmly to the Paper, and render the Letters very fair.
That fixed Salts will readily conjoin Ink with Water, is not unknown, and none better than fixed Nitre, which also excelleth all sharp lixiviums, having a power of cleansing Lead, Tin, Copper, or other Vessels.