felves, and their fall becomes the 

 effe£t> though not* equally fo, of both 

 ways of Precipitation $ as on the 

 other fide, there are feveral occafi- 

 ons on which the fame Precipitanty 

 that brings the fwimflring particles of 

 the metal to (tick to one another, 

 does likewife^ by mortifying or 

 difabling the faline Spirits or other 

 parts of the folvent ? weaken the 

 fuftaining powet of that liquor. 



CHAR 1IL 



TO defcend now to the diftinft 

 Confiderations about thefe two 

 ways : The firft of the moft genera 

 Gaufes of Precipitation is fuch aCo- 

 hsefion procured by the Precipitant 

 in the folution, as makes the com- 

 pounded corpufcleSj or at leaft the 

 aifociated particles of the diflolved 

 body^too heavy to be fuftatned, or 

 too bulky to be kept in a ftate of 

 Uuidity by the liquor, 



