The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . Pil™,,,,,, yi>fto(/HAff It7/i,l Mill. BTiiyI Vniif W A T SA5 WAT sin-i, diiving aivuy devils, preserving from lliiiiider, dissolvingcliarins, securing Irom, or curing diseases, &c. Many of the re-formed lake tlie use of the holy water to have been borrowedfrom the lustral water of the ancient Romans. See Lustra-tions. Water Ordeal, or Tr^iAL, among our ancestors, was of twokinds, by hot, ;.nd by cold, water. See Ordeal. Water-Proof, a term applied t
The new imperial encyclopaedia, or, Dictionary of the sciences and arts : comprehending also the whole circle of miscellaneous literature ... . Pil™,,,,,, yi>fto(/HAff It7/i,l Mill. BTiiyI Vniif W A T SA5 WAT sin-i, diiving aivuy devils, preserving from lliiiiider, dissolvingcliarins, securing Irom, or curing diseases, &c. Many of the re-formed lake tlie use of the holy water to have been borrowedfrom the lustral water of the ancient Romans. See Lustra-tions. Water Ordeal, or Tr^iAL, among our ancestors, was of twokinds, by hot, ;.nd by cold, water. See Ordeal. Water-Proof, a term applied to tliose slufis, which have un-dergone certain chemical or mechanical processes, and thus be-come impermeable to moisture. The following simple process isStaled to be that emp!o\ed by tlie Chinese, for rendering clothwater-proof; Let an ounce of white wax be dissolved in one quartof spirit of turpentine ; the cloth be immersed in the solution, andliien suspende<l ip the air, till it be perfectly dry. By this methodthe most open nuislin, as well as the strongest cloths, may be ren-dered impenetrable to the heaviest showers ; nor will such compo-sition till up the intersti
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