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tion of the Particles of Water, fhould after¬ 
wards, when carried to Diftances from each 
other, where their mutual Attraction mult 
he rendered much weaker, forfake the Par-* 
tides of Water (which they had attracted 
and joined themfelves to fo ftrongly) come 
together again, and combine more firmly 
than they did before * ; for Cryftals are not 
near fo eafy to diftolve as Salts before they 
are cryftalized ? 
Does not the Power of Attraction in- 
creafe as the Diftances between the Par« 
tides decreafe ? Is it not of great Strength, 
when they are brought in ContaCt ? and 
would not moft Bodies be abfolutely folid, 
and their Parts aimoft infeparable, was not 
Hardnefs an efiential Property in Matter, 
which (by rendering the Particles incom- 
preflible) prevents their ContaCt other-wife 
than in Points, and occaftons numberlefs 
Pores or Interfaces between them ? 
May not the attractive and repul five 
Power be in proportion to the Surface rather 
than the Solidity, (as it is found in Mag^ 
nets) $ and inconfequence thereof, are not the 
fmalleft Particles endued with the ftrongeft: 
Attraction and Repulfion ? 
* When a Glafs Tube, made ele£hical by rubbing, .at¬ 
tracts a downy Feather, foon afterwards repels it, and drives 
it continually away until the Feather has touched feme 
other Body; after which it immediately attracts, and then 
repels it; have we not a plain ocular Demonltration of al¬ 
ternate Fits of Attraction and Repulfion 
if 
