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§ 180. Water is a fire-quenching liquid, which by itself has neither color nor taste. This definition applies readily to the purest water that nature produces, although it [the water] is not always free from foreign substances; but it can be purified through distillation, but nevertheless still contains some earth, which can finally be separated by evaporation in a closed vessel, albeit imperfectly.
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Bergman, T., Schufle, J.A. (1992). Concerning Water By Itself. In: Bergman, T. (eds) Chemical Lectures of H.T. Scheffer. Chemists and Chemistry, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2494-2_8
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