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$ V. Various ConJ\Jlenc\s ofunorganifed Bodies. 



THESE did or in many refpeds, but we (hall 

 here take notice of the degrees of dcnjity only, 

 which has commonly been deiignedby the name 

 of confidence. 



C vi. Solid Bodies. 



CONSIDERING thcfc, then, according to this 

 rule, we fmd fome bodies fofolid, that their par- 

 ticles are fo firmly united as not to be fcparated 

 but by a very confidcrable force. Of this kind 

 are mofl of the foilils. 



5 vii. Liquid Bodies. 



SOME again are //<////</, whofe component parts 

 adhere fo loofcly, that they may bo fcpnrated 

 by the fmaileft impulfe j but being left undiliurb- 

 cd, they, by the force of gravity, arrange thcm- 

 felvcs in fuch mutual equilibrium, as to prcfcnt 

 a furfacc parallel always to the horizon. 



4 vni. Fluid 



