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of the Earth 5 as may appear in Ele- 

 mentary water, which is as fimple a 

 body as it, and yet is heavy : So wa- 

 ter and oil, and exaftly defiegm'd Spi- 

 rit of Wine, and Mercury, and alfo 

 Metals and Glafs of Antimony , and 

 Minium or calcin'd Lead D whrleft thefe 

 three are in fufion are fluid, being 

 made To by the varioufly determined 

 motions of their minute parts and o- 

 ther Caufes of Fluidity., and not by 

 the participation of water , fincethe 

 arid Calces df Lead and Antimony 

 are not like to have retained in the 

 fire fo volatile a liquor as water, and 

 fince Fluidity is a Quality that Mer- 

 cury enjoys in a more durable man- 

 ner than Water it felf; For that me- 

 talline liquor, as alfo Spirit of Wine 

 well Re&ified^will not be brought ta 

 freeze with the higheft degree of 

 Cold of our fharpeft winters, though 

 a far lefs degree of Cold would make 

 water ceafe to be fluid and turn it into 

 Fee. 



To this I (hall only add (in the fe~ 

 eond place,) that 'tis not unpleafant 



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