T>e Lim vivo m t ^sheftim & incDmhufiihili, \\<^ 



fteadum pocentia & efficacia pollere , & patec in nonnullis 

 aliisrebus, videlicetinauro , adamante, ftlenite, quin &o- 

 mnibus faxis & metalliSj quce quamvis igne vehementer re- 

 fifkantjdifficulcer tamen velinliquoremjcalcem , vel fimilem 

 a priori difFerentem formam Chymica artereduci poiTunt 3 & 

 firefolvuntur, minimetamenfolidam> quaprius conftabant, 

 fubftantiam remanere videmus ; quod tamen in Asbefto nui- 

 lum locum habecj hunc^nim fi vel anno integro in forna- 

 cemignibustorferis> fempertibi extra(Sus> nuUa formee fua& 

 fadaalterationcj integer&fincerusfpedabiturj undeiapidis 

 Asbeftitalisdaripoteftdefinitio , feupotius defcriptio, quaab 

 omnibus aliis foffilibus eflentialiter difi:inguitur. Asbefl^us 

 laj)is eft fihrojus yfilumim fchifto hmd ahfimiUs^ lenta& cr^fa vi- 

 fGtditMe-ifeu lenta & vifcida craffitie confictns > oh omnium f^tr- 

 tium homogeneum contextum in v^^orem refolvi nefcius ^folus ab 

 omniumaBuoJiffimaigntsni^turd immunis eh" i^combuftihilis 



F \ Mfiirtinus M^rtiniusy Tridentinus y eximius ille Atlan^ 

 tis Sinici Scriptor 5. in Taniu Tartarii^ Kegno fupra lapides 

 nafci herbam quandam tradits quae abignenon confumatur ; 

 h^ecenim inignem projedaj rubefcit quidem^&aliquo modo 

 ignefcir, at edu£taex igne moxprifiinum candoremrecupe- 

 rac 5 nonnihilin cineremdecrinantem 5 non adeo in longUm 

 excrefcit.fed fiib forma capillaris excrefcentias ^ fragilis & im- 

 becillis confifientix, aquceimpofica in lutum abic , fiarimque 

 confumitur.(*^)In hacdefcriptione herb^e Asbeftin^ infignem 

 errorem nocac F,.Athm(^fius Kircherus part,^, ca-f 11. chin.. 



illuftrat,. 



0 Qi?am herbam P.,MartrnrusScnptor Sinicus inTaniu Tarta- 

 rise regnofupra lapides nafci tradit , eandem in Galli^pro- 

 p^montem Pefluranum circalittus marisad margineniaVfa- 

 gelionse devaftatJE me fub aqua maris copiose faxis inna- 

 fcentemexemiffe memini ,cum herbationis gratia ad mon- 

 tem Setium , jundtus eximio Botanico , joh. Laitgerio , 5c 

 Henrico Magno Heigelio cive meo comitibus Avinc 1642. 

 mcnfe JumoproficifceremurrPlantulafatis eleganb, led exi- 



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