CHAP. HI. 



Of Metals, Minerals^ and other Fossils* 



1. The Variety of Fossils. 9. Of the Fissures of the Earth* 



2. The general Properties of 10. Of Salts. 



Metals. 11. Of Stones. 



3'. Of' the Nutrition and Gene- 12. Of petrifying Springs, 

 ration of Metals. 13. Of Copper Springs. 



4. Of Gold, Silver,. Platina,Cop-l 4. Of Lime. 



per, Irotr, Fin, Lead. 15- Of precious Stones. 



5. Of Steel. 16. Of the Loadstone. 



6. OF Quicksilver. 17. Of inflammable Fossils. 



7. Of Miaes. 18. Of Amber. 



8. Of Mundic. J9. OfLinum Asbestnm. 



i. A* 



I.MONG the bodies that remain to be consi- 

 dered, those which seem to bear the nearest resem- 

 blance to plants, are fossils, comprehending under 

 the name, all bodies that are dug out of the earth. 

 These have frequently been tor order's sake, divided 

 into three classes, such as are capable of liquefaction ; 

 such as are reducible to a calx, and such as are in. 

 flammable. Of the first class, are metals, gold, 

 silver, platina, copper, iron, tin, Kad, and quick, 

 silver. However these differ in oth r respects, they 

 all agree in the following particulars. That they are 

 heavier than any other bodies yet known ; that f hey 

 are malleable ; and that they are capable of liquefac- 

 tion, 



