de oktu et
An vitric
eg relusi
pißit ut
ferat mal- minutias, ut pluribus omnino fe putidis contingant, &
lewn?
il6
ant ficui hami catenarum, ut ait Albertus : in metallis verb
minimum terret e ft mixtum cum minimo acpei, 0* e con-
vey fi > & plurimum unius cum plurimo alterius, unum ab
altero non fiparatur ratione bomogeneitatis partium [ cccc
qvomodo obCervet Chemicus opum & uni-
onts elementorum, cf\>od contra e ft tn lapidibus. J Qyåm e-
rudité hæc, & pæne Cartefiano more (ubtiliter extulit
Chemicus mente fapiens, utcunqve lingvå fcabrofior?
Hinc conficitur, Aud. illum rqvi ad eam tenuitatem par-
tium homogenearurnredegerit vel commune, vel, &
opportunius fortan, metallicum vitrum, effeduruni
qvoqy.ut metallorum mores feqvatur, & dudili tenaci-
tate ingenium feqvax & flexile oftendar, Cartefius Prine.
Phil, part. IV. Vitrum eft valde fragile, inqvit, Vbia fu-
perficies t fecundum epam ejus particula fe invicem tangunt,
funt admodum exigua & parva. Evigilet ergo in eo ca-
riofbrum induftria, ut vitri particulae in eas redigantur
dudlile vitrum non erit pøft fadu difficile. Hic vehe-
menter & erudite fe opponit C. tø. in obferv. ad Art. Vi*
i rar. Antonii Neri. Add hereuntor inqvi t, that the nature
of malleability c on fi Pl s in a c (ofe and throughout adbafion of
Opponit fi parts, an a capacity to the change of figure tn the minute ft
vitro du- ?arts* tvbicb are inconfi fient With the nature of Glaß.
For the materials of Glaß, Sand, and Salts, have fuchfigu*
ftili Seri - res as feem incapable of fueb adbafien tn every part one to
another. For all faits have their determinate figure which
pt or An- tijey peeptQOi in their great eft folut ions and actions of the
glut. firf themt as many infiances might evince, and that
figure is various according to the faits. Salt-peter, and all
alkalizate faits are pointed, and by t bar pungency, andcau-
fiiekneß