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watry and other particles, which float in 

 the air \ yet the repelling force of the lead 

 clallick particle, near the lurfacc of the earth, 

 while it continues in that clallick (late, muft 

 be fupcrior to the incumbent preffure of a 

 column of air, whole height is equal to that 

 of the atmofphere, and its bafe to the fur- 

 face of the fphere of its clallick activity. 



Thus upon the whole, we fee that air a- 

 bounds in animal, vegetable and mineral fub- 

 ftanccs j in all which it bears a considerable, 

 part : if all the parts of matter were only 

 endued with a ftrongly attracting power? 

 whole nature would then immediately be- 

 come one unactivc cohering lump; where- 

 fore it was abfolutcly necefiary, in order to 



the actuating and enlivening this vaft mafs of 

 attracting matter, that there mould be every 

 where intermixed with it a due proportion 

 of ftrongly repelling clallick particles, which 

 might enliven the whole mafs, by the in- 

 ccflant action between them and the at- 

 tracting particles : And mice thefe elaltick 

 particles are continually in great abundance 

 reduced by the power oftheitrongattractcrs, 

 from an clallick, to a fixt Hate j it was there- 

 fore ncccflary that thefe particles mould b 



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