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EXPER. VIIL 



TIs a remarkable Fh^nomenon^ 

 that (iiits very well with our 

 opinion about the intereft of Me- 

 chanical Principles in the Corrofive 

 Power of Menftruums, and the Cor* 

 rofibility of bodies , that we pro- 

 duc'd by the following Experiment ; 

 This we purpofely made to (hew, 

 after how differing manners the fame 

 body may be diffblv'd by two Men- 

 ftruums, whofe minute parts are ve- 

 ry differingly conftituted and agita- 

 ted. For whereas 'tis known, that 

 if we put large grains of Sea-falt in- 

 to common water , they will be dif- 

 folved therein calmly and (ilently 

 without any appearance of confli&$ 

 If we put fuch grains of Salt into 

 good Oyl of Vitriol , that Liquor 

 will fall furioufly upon them, and 

 produce for a good while a hiding 

 notfe with fumes, and a great ftore 

 of bubbles/ as if a potent Menftru- 

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