| The | TA B BE 
Inch, and feveral Coufiderations a- 
115 bout Pores. Severa Experiments 
and Obfervations about the nature 
of Cork: the Texture and Pores o 
the Pith of an Elder, and feveral o~ 
ther Trees + of the Stalks of Bur- 
docks Teafels Daifies Carret,F ennel, 
Ferne,Reeds, &c. of the frothy tex- 
ture of the Pith of a Feather : ome 
' Conjedures about the probability of 
116 
values in thefe. Pores. Argued: alfo. 
from the Phenomena of the fenfi- 
117 ble and humble. Plant: fome objer- 
120 vations on which are inferteds. 
121 Obferv. 19. OF a Vegetable 
_ growing on blighted Leaves, 
122 Several Obfervations and Exa- 
123 minations made of them: feveral 
124 Confiderations about {pontaneows 
125 generation hie! from the putre 
failion of Bodiese ——— 
Obferv. 20. Of Blew Mould and 
_ ~\>»Mufhromes. oy 
126 The defcription of feweral kinds 
127 of Moulds. The method of proceed- 
ay ing in natural Inquiries, Several 
Confiderations about the nature of 
_ Mould and. DMufbromes, 1. That 
they may be produc’d without feed. 
2. That they feem to have none. 
—- Be, That Salts,&c.are fhap'd into as 
128 cHrions figures without a feed. 4. Of 
-.  akind of Mufprome growing in a 
Candle: A more particular explica- 
tion of this laft fort of Mufbromes. 
129 5- Of the figure and manner of the 
produttion of petrified Iceicles:feve- 
ral deductions from thefé Confidera- | 
tions, about the nature of the vege- 
tation of Mould and Mufbromes. 
1 3i ~~ Obferv. 21. OF Mofs, 
130 
of | contrivancesas the 
| Obferv. 22. Of Sponges,and other . 
1 32 ‘The defcription of ‘feveral forts of 
Moffes upon this ocafion feveral 
| Conjettures.about the manner of the 
production of thefe kinds of Bodies, 
of | are hinted, and fome of them expli- 
cated by a Similitude taken from a 433 
piece of: Clock-work. The va diffe- , 3 
rence of the bigne( of vegetable Box - ¥ 
dies 5 andthe probability that the 
leaft may comprehend as curios 
reate/t; Of mul- 
tetudes of other Tastisseapeinoas Be 
Mufbromes ,: and other vegetating 
Principles, in Water; Wood, &e.°* 
+ 
fibrous Bodies, 
Several Obfervations and Conje- | 
Cures about the making of. thefé Bo- 3 
dies; andfeveral Hiftories out 
Authors. Scarce any other Body hath 137 
Juch atexture 3 the fibrous texture ¥ 38. 
of Leather, Spunk, &c, (which are 139 — 
there defcrib'd ) come neareft toit. 
That upon tryal with a piece of 
Spunge and Oyl the necelfity of re- 
140 
fpiration could not be alter d. 
Obferv. a Of the Form of Sea- » 
weed, ) ee 
From the curioufly fhapd sur , 
face of this Sea-weed, and fome o- 
thers,is conjettured the polftbility of 141 
multitudes of thelike. ~ °°) 
Obferv. 24. Of the Surfaces of = =/ 
Some Leaves Ging Fo. ¢; 
The defcription, 1. Of the bald 
Surfaces of Leaves. 2. Of the dow- 
ny Surfaces of -feveral others. 
3. Of the gummous exfudation, or | 42 
fuall tranfparent Pearls, difcovered 
with a: Microfcope in: feveral v- 
thers. An Inftance of all which is 
afforded in a Rofemary Leaf. , 
Oblervas” 
