294 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



inest ipsis in gradu tanquain infimo, et prodit se in 

 experiments plurimis ; sicnt in bullis, in rotunditate 

 guttarum, in filis tenuioribus stillicidioruni, ct in se- 

 qtiacitate corporum glutinosorum, et ejnsmodi. Sed 

 maxime omnium se ostcndit appetitus iste, si diseon- 

 tinuatio tcntetur usque ad fraction es minores. Nam 

 in mortariis, post contusionem ad certum gradum, non 

 amplius o{)cnitur pistillum : aqua non subintrat rimas 

 minores: quin et ij&amp;gt;se aer, non obstante subtilitate cor- 

 ]&amp;gt;oris ipsius, poros vasorum paulo solidiorum non pcr- 

 transit subito, nee nisi per diuturnam insinuationem. 



(().) Sit motus sextus, motus quern nominamus mo- 

 tum ad liicrnm, sive inotum indigentia; &quot;&quot; . Is est, per 

 quern eorpora, quando versantur inter plane heteroge- 

 nea et quasi inimica, si forte nanciscantur coj)iarn aut 

 commoditatcm evitandi ilia lieterogenea, et se appli- 

 oandi ad magis cognata, (licet ilia ipsa cognata talia 

 fucrint, qua* non habeant aretum consensum cum ij&amp;gt;sis) 

 tamen statim ea amplectuntur, et taiKjuam j)otiora ma- 

 Itint ; et lucri loco (undo vocabulum sumpsimus) hoc 

 ponere videntur, tanquam talium cor])orum indiga. 

 Exempli gratia: aurum, aut aliud metallum foliatum, 

 non delectatur ae re circumfuso. Itaque si corpus ali- 

 (jiiod tangibile et crassum nanciscatur, (ut digitum, pa- 

 pyrum, quid vis aliud) adlwret .statim, nee facile divel- 

 litur. Etiam papyrus, aut panims, et hujusmodi, non 

 l)ciie se liabent cum ae re, qui inseritur et commistus 

 est in ipsorum j&amp;gt;oris. Itaque aquam aut liquorem 



b The motion of Preference ; i. e. these, or of Capillary Attraction, 



the tendency bodies have to unite with which he seems to confound 



with some substances rather than this elective quality of Matter. The 



others. Under this head might be old system of Sympathies and An- 



placed all Chemical Affinities (e. g. tipathies had great weight with 



that of Oxygen in the Air for Iron.) him : though he was aware of many 



Bacon of course knew nothing of of the dreams connected with them. 



