of (I&pmical J&ecipttattotn ^ 



an account of the Keafonsof jjje 

 thing. And 'tis like, that thofe 

 few Arijiotelians , that have ^ by 

 their converle with the laborato- 

 ries or writings of Chymifts, taken 

 notice of this Operation^ would, ac- 

 cording to their cuftom on fuch occa- 

 fions^ have recourfe for the explica- 

 tion of it to fome fecret fympathy or 

 antipathy between the bodies whofe 

 aftion and rea&ion intervenes in this 

 Operation* 



But if this be the way propofed, of 

 accounting for it^ I (hall quickly have 

 pccafion to fay fomewhat to it in con- 

 fidering the ways prppofed by £he 

 Ghymifts, who were wont to refer 

 Precipitation, either ,as is mod ufual, 

 to a fympathy betwixt the Precipita- 

 ting body and the Menftruum which 

 makes the Solvent run to the embra- 

 ces of the Precipitant^ and fo let fall 

 the particles of the body fuftained 

 before^^with others)to a gifcat an- 

 tipathy or contrariety between th^ 

 $ipid fait of ^:he Menfiruum and the 

 fixed fajtof-the C% qr fplutipn q( 



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