Archive image from page 139 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni36rees Year: 1819 T R A daces a florid red. Many other red flowers hardly gire any colour to fpirit of wine in a (hort time, yet give a red colow by the addition of any of the acids. A folution of mercury aad oil of tartar gives orange ; a folution of fublimate and lime-water produces yellow. The tinfture of red rofes with oil of tartar per deliquium, or with fpirit of fal am- moniac, gives green. In like manner, the tinftm of man
Archive image from page 139 of The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni36rees Year: 1819 T R A daces a florid red. Many other red flowers hardly gire any colour to fpirit of wine in a (hort time, yet give a red colow by the addition of any of the acids. A folution of mercury aad oil of tartar gives orange ; a folution of fublimate and lime-water produces yellow. The tinfture of red rofes with oil of tartar per deliquium, or with fpirit of fal am- moniac, gives green. In like manner, the tinftm of many red flowers it changes into green by an alkali. The tincture of red rofes and fpirit of wine gives blue. The folution of copper and fpirit of fal ammoniac gives purple. The folu- tion of fablimate and fpirit of fal ammoniac gives white. The folution of faccharum fatumi and that of vitriol, alfo the tjndure of red rofes, or many other red flowers, and the folution of copperas in water, and likewife the fohition of gsdls and copperas, produce black. The following table exhibits the colours arifing firom different mixtures. Tinaure of red rofes Tindure of crocus Tindare of violets Spirit of fulphur Tincture of red rofes Spirit of hartfcom Tinfture of violets Solution of copper TinSure of violets Solution of Hungarian vitriol Ticctare of cyanus Spirit of fal ammoniac Solution of Himgarian vitriol Lixivium Solution 01 Hungarian vitnol TicAure of red rofes Ticaure of cyaaas Scrfution of copper Tincture of dipfacitBi, or iris, anv other flowers that eive violet colour in water Alum diffolved in water. Pradace green. -green, yellow. Hblu. Mufchenbroeck's Introd. ad Phil. Nat. torn. ii. p. 738, &c. The refult of a variety of mixtures to produce coloiirs, was recited before the Royal Society by Dr. Goddard in 1661, and may be feen in Birch's Hiftory, vol. i. p. 11. Mr. MelviUe has made many obfervations on the tranf- mutation of colours by means of the light of different burning b
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