n 



Mi 



t 



•een 



) 



i 



nefs 



attet 



the 



ertc 



; arc 



i ac 



lien! 



COD' 



;r,oi 



r 



■ till 

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i 



vhei 







oo 



cup 





MUTTONIAN THEORY. 



17 



ciipy a certain fpace in the interior of the ftra- 



A liquid folvent therefore could never 



t a . 



^^fi fhut up the pores of a body to the entire exclu- 



fion of itfelf ; and, had mineral fubftances been 

 confolidated, as here fuppofed, the folvent ought 



un within them in a liquid flate. 



th 



to rem 



s in. or, if evaporated, ihould have left the 



P 



) the empty, and 



body p 



to water. 



N 



ce. ther of thefe, however, is the fad> ; many lira 



lies are perfectly impervious to water 



fied bo 

 :id few 



mineral fabila 



contam water in 



:nl3{ a liquid ftate 



it, chemically 



Th 



fomet 



contain 



d 



th 



qIjj their folidity having b 



th 



fluid 



for fi 



ch 



^m, is no proof of 

 brought about by 

 :al union is as con- 



liilent with the fuppofition of igneous as of 

 ^^^ aqueous confolidation, fince the region in which 



the fire was applied, on every hypothefis, mufl 



have abounded with humidity. 



J 



13. Again, if water was the folvent by which 

 the confolidating matter was introduced into the 

 interftices of the llrata, that matter cduld confill 



ly of fuch fubft 



as are foiubl 



whereas it confifts of a vaft variety of fubilai 

 altogether infoluble either in it, or in any fi 



o 



s 



ii 



hatfoeve 



The 11 



are 



fo 



lidated, for example, by quartz, by fluor, by 

 feltfpar, and by all the metals, in their endlefs 



B 



combinations 



