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think it would much puzzle the Chy- 

 mifts, to give us any examples of a 

 compounded body, that is fpecifical- 

 Jy heavier than the heavieft of the 

 Ingredients that it is made up of. And 

 this is the fir ft kind of Infufficiency I 

 was taking notice of in the Chymical 

 Do&rine of Qualities. 



The other is, That there are feve-* 

 ra! bodies which the moft Learned 

 among themfelves confefs not to con- 

 lift of their tria prima, and yet are in- 

 dowed with Qualities^ which confe- 

 quently are not in thofe fubje&s to 

 be explicated by the tria prima which 

 are granted not to be found in them. 

 Thus elementary Water , though never 

 lb pure, C as diftilled Rain-water^) 

 has fluidity and coldnefi and humidi- 

 ty and tranfparency and volatility, 

 without having any of the tria prima. 

 And the pureft Earthy as Afhes care- 

 fully freed from the fixt fait, has gra- 

 vity and confidence and drynefs and 

 colour and fixity, without owing 

 them either to Salt, Sulphur, or Mer- 

 cury J not to mention, that there arc 



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