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difabled for Rcafons mentioned in 

 this Difcourfe to fupport the diffol- 

 ved body 5 yet this quantity of the 

 Precipitant is butfmall in proportion 

 to the whole bulk of the fol vent. 

 And therefore, when the agitation of 

 the veffel difperfes the clufters of 

 loofly concreted particles through 

 the whole liquor , ( which is feldom 

 fo exa&Iy proportioned to the body 

 it was to work on, astobebutjuft 

 ftrong enough to diffolve it ) that 



greater part of the Liquor, to which 

 efore the (baking of the veffel the 

 Precipitant did not reach, may well 

 be looktupon as a fre(h Menftruum, 

 which is able to mortifie or overpow-? 

 er the fmall quantity of the Precipi- 

 tant that is mingled with it, and fo to 

 deftroy its late operation on the body 

 diflblvedjby which means the (bluti- 

 on returns, as to fenfe, to its former 

 ftate. Which may be illuftrated by 

 a not unpleafant Experiment, I re- 

 member I have long fince made by 

 precipitating a brick- coloured pow- 

 der out of a ftropg folution of Subli- 

 mate 



