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by being capable of changing their Situations, ac- 
cording to the imprefied Force, and being endued 
with a powerful attra&ing Virtue, they inftantly re- 
fume their former Fofitions, when left to themfelves 
to obey thofe Laws which the Great Creator hath 
imprefs’d upon them. As for Inftance: Whilft a 
common Steel Spring, or any fuch elaftic Body, is 
not extended or bent, we prefume every individual 
Particle of it to be at Reft 5 that is, they are 
all fituated, in regard to each other, according to 
their Poles, and embrace one another by their com- 
mon Principle of Attraction 5 but no fooner is fuch 
a Spring bent, by fome imprefied Force, but many 
of its Particles on the convex Side, muft of courfe 
touch in fewer Points, or perhaps be disjoin’d from 
each other, though to the moft minute Diftances 
that can poflibly be 5 whilft other Particles, on the 
concave Side of the Spring, muft necefiarily flip 
upon, or be crouded over one another. Hence it 
will follow, that if thofe Particles which are fepa- 
rated from each other, or touch one another in 
fewer Points than ufual, are yet fo near each other 
as to be within their Sphere of Attraction, and not 
at all, or very little alter’d in regard to their Poles, 
they will confequently attraCt each other very ftrongly, 
and fly together again, as foon as the imprefied 
Force is removed 5 whereas it is no unreafonable Con- 
jecture to fuppofe, that thofe Particles on the concave 
Side of the Spring? which are comprefied, and as it 
were rumpled over one another, may be fo much 
alter’d from their former Poiitions, that their Poles 
do not now anfwcr to each other 5 and if not, they 
will repel one another, according to their refpeCtive 
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