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treamly fixt meerly by its Coalitioa 

 with a particle of the powder, 6nce^ 

 to make one grain fuffice for this 

 Coalition, the parts it muft be divi- 

 ded into muft be fcarce conceivably 

 minute^ and therefore each fingle 

 part not likely to be fixt it felf, or at 

 leaft more likely to be carried up by 

 the vehemently agitated Mercury^ 

 than to reftrain that from avolationj 

 whereas., if We fuppofe the Elixir to; 

 have made fuch a commotion among, 

 the corpufcles of the Mercury r z% 

 (having made them perhapsfomewhafe 

 change their figure,and expelled fome 

 inconvenient particles,) to bring then* 

 to ftick to one another, according to 

 very great portions of chtir iurficeSj 

 and intangle one another, it will not 

 be difagreeable to the Mechanical 

 Doftrine of Fixity 5 *hat the Mercury, 

 ftiould endure the fire as well as 

 Gold P on thefcore of its new Tex- 

 ture, which 5 fuppofitfg the ftory 

 true^ appears to have been introdu- 

 ced, by the new colour, fpecificls 

 gravity, Indiflblublenefs in Aqua; 



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