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148 Of Scarborough Salt. 
ready formed at the Edges, and others from 
original Points riling in the Fluid, and in- 
tirely detached from the Sides of the Drop. 
The former are produced by the fudden 
Elongation of fuch Figures as b, or c , into 
one long Spike or Stem, which in its Pro- 
grefs fends forth Spiculce from its Sides, 
ranged clofe to one another, fometimes near¬ 
ly at right Angles to the main Stem, as at 
e, and at other times obliquely thereto, 
thofe on the one Side thooting upwards, 
and thofe on the other downwards, in re¬ 
gard to the Foot of the Stem, as at d : 
the whole Number of the Spiculce on each 
Side of the Stem forming a right-angled, 
or an oblique-angled Triangle. From the 
lowed; of thefe Spiculce are frequently feen 
others of the fame Kind proceeding, but 
their Direction, in refpedl to the Branch they 
rife from, feems not wholly correfpondent 
to the Direction of the faid Branch in refpedt 
to its main Stem, being fometimes alike and 
fometimes unlike thereto, vid. d e 
The other Figure which the Middle pro¬ 
duces is of a like Kind with thofe lad; de¬ 
scribed, but dhoots from a dngle detached 
Point (for the moil Part) into four Branches, 
which are generally tho’ not always oblique 
to one another, as at f. 
CHAP. 
