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102 Phosphate of Lime in the Virginia Meteoric Stone. 
For lykewise as God ‘is in the myds of the good counsayle, 
so in the myddest of an evyl counsayl, is ther undoutedly the 
dyvel.— Sir T'’. Moore. 
When Calidora 
Him overtook in middest of his race. ia Rineielorit Faerie Queene. 
- Among the middest crowd.—Spenser. 
And the vaile of the temple was rent in the mids.—Original 
Edition of King James’s Bible: Luke 23: 45. 
Which is in the middest of the paradise of Godebs Original 
Edition of King James’s Bible: Rev. 2: 7. 
In myddis of the land.—Wyntown. 
Midst is rarely used as a nominative, or as s an accusative with- 
out a preposition. 
Midst here is the genitive case of mid, the middle. Comp. 
Anglo-Sax. to-middes, where middes is the genitive of Anglo- 
Sax. midd, the middle; Germ. mittelst, by means of, for ae 
the genitive of Germ. mittel, the middle or means. 
‘ Note.—Dr. Webster supposes st in midst th f the superlative — 
So Sir John Stoddart, art. Grammar, in suis Metr 
ienp: P p- 129. 
9. Whilst, awhilst ; (Old Eng. whiles, whilest ; Scott. quhiles, 
whiles ;) while. 
Wat sholde we women, worche the whiles.— Piers Plouhman. 
Whailest good men wanted it—Beaumont and Fletcher. .. 
Whiles he _ the wine.—Some Editions of King James's 
Bible: Daniel 5 
Quhiles wandeniie quhiles dandring.—Burel’s Pilg. 
Whilst here is the gens case of while, time. 
Note.—On the st generally, comp. Germ. nebst, (from neben, nebens ;) anders 
and anderst ; selbst, (Old Germ. pe Dutch zelfs.) 
Arr. XIIL—On Phosphate of Lime (Apatite), in the Virginia 
Meteoric Stone ; by Cuartes Uruam Surrarn, M. D., Prof. of 
Chemistry in the Medical College of the State of S. whee 
M. Rumer, in a recent number of Pocernporrr,* in enume- 
rating certain ingredients in meteorites, after the mention of phos 
“* See 
* Ueber die bei Jwan, in Oedenburger Comitate Ungarns, am 10, August 
Abends zwischen 9 und 10 Uhr aus der Luft gefallenen und fir Meteorsteine 5% 
neuer Art seat 
Hof-Mineralien-Kabinette zu Wien, s.279. Annalen der Physik und ‘Chemie 
von Poggendorff, Band tiv, Stuck 2, 1841. 
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