... the utmost care to L. D. EXPERIMENTS UPON MAGNESIA ALBA, QUICKLIME, AND SOME OTHER ALCALINE Florentine flask, which, together with itscontents, weighed two ounces and twodrams. Some oil of ... entitled " ;Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances" was readin June 1755, and was first published in"Essays and Observations, Physical and Literary. ... absorbs the acid, and remains united with it in the form of awhite powder, at the bottom of the vessel,while the liquor has hardly any taste, and shews only a very light cloud upon the addition of...