38 £)f t|je $>ec&amcal Caufe* 



thofe of the body be fitted for fo 

 ftridi: an union, that the Corpufcles 

 refulting from their Coalitions will 

 not fo eafily be feparated by the par- 

 ticles of water, as fuffer themfelves 

 to be carried up and down with 

 them, whether becaufe of the mi-' 

 nutenefs of thefe compounded Cor- 

 pufcles, or becaufe of fome congrui- 

 ty betwixt them and thofe of the 

 water i they will not be precipitated 

 out of the weakened folution, but 

 ftil) continue a part of it 5 as I have 

 trytrd partly with fome folution of 

 Silver and Gold^ made in acid Men- 

 ftruums^ but much more fatisfa&o- 

 rily in Solutions of Copper, made in 

 the urinous fpirit of Sal Armoniac. 

 For, though that blew (blution were 

 diluted with many thoufand times as 

 much diftilled water a9 thediflblved 

 metal weighed 5 yet its fwimming 

 Corpufcles did by their colour mani- 

 feftly appear to be difperfed through 

 the whole liquor. 



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