or Piotwttton of iFvtnefe* 1 5 



tune Interpofition, the mutual Cohe- 

 sion of Corpufcles that would not 

 otherwise (tick to one another. 



Perhaps it will not be altogether 

 impertinent to add, on this occafion, 

 that,as for the generality of Chymifts, 

 as well others as Helmontiansy that af- 

 fert the Tranfmutation of all metalls 

 into Cold by the Philofopher's Stone, 

 me thinksjthey may grant it to be pro- 

 bable, that a new and fit Contexture 

 of the parts of a volatile body may, 

 efpecially by procuring a full contact 

 among them, very much contribute 

 to make it highly fixt. For, to omit 

 what is related by lefs credible Au- 

 thours, 'tis averred, upon his own 

 trial, by Melmont, who pretended not 

 to the Elixir, that a grain of the pow- 

 der, that was given him, tranfmuted 

 a pound (if I mif-remember not) of 

 running Mercury 5 where the pro- 

 portion of the Elixir to the Mercury 

 was fo inconfiderable, that it cannot 

 reafonably be fuppofed, that every 

 Corpufcle of the Quick-filver, that 

 before was volatile, was made ex- 



treamly 



