From STRONTIAN. 39 



be capable of diflblving any quantity of them, however great. 

 This arifes from the circumftance, that the earth becomes fo 

 extremely foluble at an elevated temperature, that the water of 

 cryftallization itfelf, which fcarcely furpafles the weight of the 

 barytes, when heated to the two hundred and twelfth degree, 

 is able to accomplifh the folution of the earth without the affift- 

 ance of more fluid. 



16. In this amazing folubility barytes and Strontites nearly 

 agree, but materially differ from lime, which, fo far as I can 

 difcover, is diflblved as fparingly by hot water as it is by 

 cold. 



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