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Bodies contain'd were then alreadyhard, 
when a part of the Bodies containing was 
yet fluid. 
3. In thofe Earths and Stones, where*^ 
in are contained Chryftallin and Lapide** 
ous ihells, Veins oi Marble* of Lapis 
Lazulus, of Silver, Q^icklilver, Antimo¬ 
ny, Ginnaber, Copper, and other fuch 
Minerals, the Bodies containing were 
then already hard, when the matter of 
the Bodies contain'd was yet fluid i and. 
confequently Marcafites were produced 
firftjthen the Stones wherein they are in- 
cludedjthen the Veins of Minerals,which 
fill up the filfures of the Stones. 
II. 
/f a Solid Body be every where like ano¬ 
ther Solid, not only as to furface, but alfo in 
the inner conjlttution and frame of its farts 
and f articles, then it will alfo be like it as 
to the Manner and Place of its frodu^ion], 
excefting thofe conditions of f lace, which 
are often fonnd in a flace and are no ad¬ 
vantage or difadvantage to the freduBion 
of a Body, 
Whence it follows, 
1 . That the Beds of the Earth, for 
the place and manner of their produdion, 
C 4 agree 
