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trationis ejus per aiirnm, vitrum, lapidcm, omnia, 

 Quarta, communicationis virtutis ejus de lapiclo in fer- 

 ruin, et de ferro in ferrum, absque communicatione 

 substantiae. Verinn hoc loco de prima virtute ejus 

 tantum loquiinur, videlicet coitionis. Tnsignis etiam 

 est motus coitionis argent i vivi et auri ; adeo ut auruni 

 alliciat argcntuni viviun licet confecttini in unguenta : 

 atquc opcrarii inter vapores urgent! vivi soleant tenere 

 in ore frustum auri ad colligendas einissiones anrenti 



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vivi, alias crania et ossa eornni invasuras ; undo ctiani 

 frustum illud paulo post albescit. Atquc de motu 

 congregation* s tnhioris IKVC dicta sint. 



(9-) Sit motus nonus, motus magneticus^ ; qui licet 

 sit ex genere motus congregations ttn tioris, tamen si 

 operetur ad distantias magnas, et super massas rerum 

 magnas, inquisitionem moretur separatam ; pnvsertim 

 si nee ineipiat a tactu, quemadmodum plurimi, nee 

 perducat actionem ad tactum, quemadmodum omnes 

 motus congregativi ; sed corpora tantum elevet, ant ea 

 intumescere faciat, nee quicquam ultra. Nam si lima 

 attollat a&amp;lt;juas, ant turgescere aut intumescere faciat 

 liumida; aut cu him stellatum attrahat planetas versus 

 sua aj)og;ra: aut sol alliget astra Veneris et Mercurii, 

 ne longius absint a corpore ejus, &amp;lt;juam ad distantiam 

 certain ; videiitur hi motus nee sub congregatione ma- 

 jorc, nee sub congregatione ininort 1 bene collocari, sed 

 esse tanquam congregativa media et imperfecta, ideo- 

 que s])eciem debere constituere propriam. 



(10.) Sit motus decimus, motus fiHjw 2 ; motus sci- 



1 This is an attempt at explana- sion. Newton s experiments proved 

 lion of some of the probable truths that a lens placed on a flat glass re- 

 (to Bacon only probable) of Gravity, mained at a distance of rirtli of an 

 by Magnetism. inch from it. The cause of this 



2 This is a rough description of Repulsion may be the subtle sub- 

 that which is now known as Repul- stance Heat, if Heat be indeed ma- 



