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u\[atnrali Hiflory: 



Experiment 

 Solitary v u 

 chine other 

 •Ttjjions, or 

 i M iiner and 



! Bodies. 



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Experiment 

 Solitary, tou- 

 ching Indura- 

 tion by Sympi- 

 thy. 



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forfake their own £<rafji. Fifcm Bodies, (likcwiie,) as Pitch, Wax, Bird- Lirne, 

 j CAw/f toafted,wi\\ draw fonh, and roape.But the difference between PW*>f 

 ' Fibrous and .cW/c** Vtfcow^ Plaine; For all Wooll, and 7owf, and Cotton, and 

 I S/'/itfj (efpecialLy raw Silke,) have,befides their dcfire o\ Continuance, in re- 

 gard of the Tc/ uitie of their 7 bred, a Greedinefl 'of Mciflure; And by jl/oj- 

 _/?#rr to joyne and incorporate with other Tfrra/ • Efpecially, if there be a 

 litle Wreathing-, Asappeareth by thcTwiJUng of Tbred h And the Pra&ice 

 of Twirling about of Spindles. And we fee alio , that Go/^ and Silver Thred 

 cannot be made without Imfing. 



I TTHe Differences o{lmpre(J ible, and iVot Impreffible,Figurable, and NotFigu- 

 1 r able \ Mould able, and Not Mouldable^Scijjible, and iViw Scijjible; and many 

 other tajjions of Matter, are Plebeian Notions , applied unto the Iufiruments 

 j and #/J which Men ordinarily pra&ice ; But they are all but the EffeBs of 

 \ lome of thele Caufes following ; Which we will Enumerate without Ap- 

 ! plying the m, becaufe that would be too long. The Firft is the Cejjion, or 

 j NjtCefj 'ion of Bodies , into a Smaller Space or Roome , keeping the Outward 

 Bulk'e : and noc flying up. The Second is the Stronger or maker Appetite > in 

 Bodits,zo Continui ie, and to flie Difcmtinuitic The Third is the Bifpojitioa 

 of Bodies, to Contract, or TVk Contra^ And againe, to Extend, or 2V& Extend. 

 The Fourth is the Small Quantity, or great Quantity, of the Pneumatical in 

 £o^>s, Tne Fitch is the Mxtw^ of the P^^ff^^/jwhether it be Native Spi- 

 rit of the Body, or Common Aire. The Sixth is, the iStawf of the Native Spi- 

 rits in the Body , whether they be ABive , and Eager , or Dull and (7#z£/f. 

 The Seventh is the Emifjion or Detenfion of the S/>*Wfs in Bodies. The 

 Eighth is the Dilatation, or Contraction of the ty/Wtt in £o<f#es,while they are 

 detained. The Ninth is the Collocation of the Spirits in PWm j whether the 

 CellacationbeEqual,ortln-equal: And again, whether the Spirits be Coacer- 

 vate,or Diffufed. The Tenth is the De/,ptie, or Rarity of the Tangible Fart. 

 The Eleventh is the Equality, or Inequality of the Tangible Parts. The 

 Twelfth is the D/fgeflion, or Crudity of the Tangible Parts. The Thirteenth 

 is the Nature of the A^f^r , whether Sulphureous, or Mercurial,Watry, or 0* 

 lie,Dne. and 7* errefirial, or and Liquid •, which Natures of Sulphur eons 

 and Mercurial , fcem ro be Natures Radical, and Principal. The Fourteenth 

 is the of the T P*rtf , in Length or Tr/wf wr/> j (As it is in the 



and the Woofeoi Textiles-,) More Inward or More Outward, &c. The 

 Fifteenth is the P^q/zry , or Imporofit) 1 betwixt the Tangible Parts . And the 

 Great^ef ,01 SmalneJ? of the Pom. The Sixteenth is the Collocation and Po- 

 /fwc of the Pew, There may be more Caaf e% But thefe doe occurre for the 

 Prefent. 



FAkeLeW, andmelc it, and in theMiddeft of it, when itbeginneth to 

 Congeale, make a little Dint, or Hole; and put Quick-Silver wrapped 

 in a Piece of Linnen into tharHole, and the Quick-Silver will fix, and 

 runne no more, and endure the Hammer. This ,s a Noble Inflanceoi Indu- 

 ration, by Cogent of one Body with another, and Motion of Excitation to /- 

 mitatt; Forroafcribe ic onely to the Vapour oi Lead, is leffe Probable ; 

 ^Wre whether the Fix^ may be in fuch a degree , as it will be Figured 

 like other Metals Z For if io, you may make Works of it for fomepurpo- 

 fes, for they come not neer the Fire. 



