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Rer of Salts, may be proved by many Ar-gents. First, All Salts that (boot, their^y seals or Concretions are of one uniform

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a nd atKe ’ ant ^ t ^ ie ’ r figures are more simple,m ay be owing to the Figure of tfic Prin-Ptes whereof they are compounded. InH f r Bodies that shoot, as the Pyrites ands Y l mfltt£s > one may observe streight Radiir ibres proceeding from one Center. Se-j^ n %, Did those Bodies shoot into these*^res after the manner of Salts, it seemsrang e to me, that two thesis should be ioaa pted together at the heel, as to shoot outa Jj‘ le ^ ame exten f 1011 round , and the upperj ^ nether Valve be of different Figure, as^ °3tural sheik Thirdly, Were these Bo-* es produced in the manner of saline Con-v e bons, it’s strange there should be suchpieties of them, and their shapes so regu-diJ ar,( ^ cxact] y circumscribed : so great ar < Ersity of Figures, arguing a greater va-et y of Salts, or of their modifications andinures, than are likely to be found in Na-t j re > and the Concretions of Salts never,at I have yet seen, appearing in that re-o parity of Figure and due Circumscription,hi l rv^? e ^ e Bodies. This Argument Stem ins Discourse concerning these Bodies, im-.1 0y cs and urges thus; Who can deny, that

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