DEDICATION. vii 
clare it wonderful : What mull we 
then fay, when we fee every Species 
working as' it were on a different 
Plan, producing Cubes, Rhombs, 
Pyramids, Pentagons, Hexagons, Oc¬ 
tagons, or fome other curious Figures 
peculiar to itfelf; or compofing a 
Variety of Ramifications, Lines, and 
Angles, with a greater Mathematical 
Exa&nefs than the mo ft fkilful Hand 
could draw them ? 
Senfible of my own Ignorance, I 
pretend not to account how this is 
done: all I know is, that Chance or 
Accident cannot ppffib|y produce 
Gonftancy and Order, nor inert Mat¬ 
ter give Activity and Direction to it¬ 
felf. When therefore thefe Particles 
of Salts are feen to move in Rank and 
File, obedient to unalterable Laws, 
and compofe regular and determined 
A 4 Figures, 
