(4‘i) 
^uep/ III. Does not this Experiment fairly ae- 
T i ® of Matter; and 
tha this firm Cohefion cannot be derived from any 
Glue or Cement, any imaginary Hooks and Funicu^ 
lus, nor ae grav/tate yStheris : but that the Pam' 
des of all folid and fluid Bodies do aS one a” .' 
ther by a certain Force (whatever be-the Caufe of 
I made ,hii Suomr” S rfSfcTo” 
confiderab e Iron Mines, and where 1 have erefted the 
firft and largeft Fire-Engine for drawing Water and 
Oar in this Kingdom ; the Cylinder being two Lines 
more than thirty-flx Inches in Diameter. ^ ^ 
have. Time out of Mind 
praftifed the faid Experiment, when they have had 
Occafion to remove any unweildy Stones of the hard- 
eft Rocks, and fo big as not to be moved entire- by 
any Strength they could apply. , They pradife the 
following Means, not only to cleave and fplit them 
in as many Parts and Pieces as they pleafe, ^but they 
obtain Stones with one or more fmooth Sides, fit for 
^tiildings. Their Method is thus. 
Ihey take Tallow, Greefe, Train Oil, or any o- • 
ther fat Subftances, and draw Lines on fuch large 
Stones, according as they would have them fplit, and 
Aink proper; then they lay either Char-Coal or 
Wood at Top, and round the Sides of the Stone, fo 
that It IS all over covered, and then kindle the Fuel • 
which when burned out, they find the Stone divided’ 
according to the Lines they have drawn on the fame, 
with 
