^64 NOVL M O1UJAXUM. 



verius in natura, ([uain propositio ilia gemella ; far ni- 

 hilo nihil Jieri : neque, Quicquam in nihilton rediqi* 1 : 

 verum (|uantuin i|)simi materia sive summam totalem 

 con&amp;lt;tare. not- auo-eri nut ininui. Xcc ilhul minus ve- 

 nini ; /&amp;gt; ^Kantn il/n mntt r ui sid&amp;gt; iisdem spat Us sire 

 i!&amp;gt;H*, pro (lirr) *it(iti&amp;gt; corponnn, j&amp;gt;lns et minus 

 ri ; ut in aqua plus, in aere minus: adeo ut si 

 (|iiis asserat. ali(|iiod contentum aqua 1 in par contentum 

 aeris verti posse, idem sit ac: si dicat, ali(juid posse 

 redigi in niliilmn : contra si quis asserat, aliquod eou- 

 teutuni ai : ris in par eontentmii a(|iia- vc-rti posse; idem 

 sit ae si dicat, alitpiid posse fieri ex nihilo. Atque ex 

 copia i&amp;gt;ta et paucitate materia-, notiones illa^ denxi et 

 ran, (pia- varie et promiscue accipiuntur, j)roj&amp;gt;rie ab- 

 stralmntur. . \ssumenda est et assertio ilia tertia, etiam 

 satis certa ; (jiiod hoc, dc (pio lorjuimur, plus et minus 

 materia in corporo hoc vel illo, ad calculos (tacta col- 

 hitione) et proportion^ cxactas, aut exactis j)ropin(jiias, 

 rcduci jtossit -. Veluti si &amp;lt;|iiis dicat, inesse in dato 

 conteuto anri talem coacervationem materi;i\ ut opus 



4 See I ersuis, Sat. ii. s^. S4_ 



DC niliilo, in niliihun nil jiosse ri-verti. 

 And Lucreliu&amp;lt;, Hk. i. 



&quot; Nil ixitur fieri de nilo posse piitandum est.&quot; 



The do^ma is also to he found in is his rejection of &quot; porous and 



Aristotle s Phys. Ausc. I\ . ch:i]). i. sj)on^y&quot; matters. He seems too to 



mil* TO yiyd/if vnv dvdyKr) ylvtaOai fj consider that his &quot; S])irits&quot; are ma- 



f OVTUV t) (&amp;lt; pi] oj ro)! . TOVTUV fit terial, and ponderable possibly. This 



TO pti&amp;gt; IK pi] oj/rcoi/ yivtcrdai uSvva- looks almost as if he meant by these 



rov frtpl yap TOVTTJS ofjLoyvapovovo-i Spiritus the gases in nature. And 



rrjf 5o^r inravTf j oi TTtpl 0iVa)f. his exj)eriment given below is a 



4 - He wishes here to express the good illustration of the want of ap- 



fact, that one must have a standard pliances and instruments under 



of measurement of weight ; and by which he laboured, and which he 



weight of density. This he takes sought to lessen. The Airpump 



to be Spirits of Wine ; we use Wa- has filled up the void in this par- 



ter. His ratio 21:1 is absurd, as ticular case. 



