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over the surface of solids-; They
differ as much as solids in
their qualities ["]Thus quicksilver bears
similar |as little| relation to oils as Gold
does to wax.-
- Of Gasses or airs - One only
is presented to common [observation]
the air of our atmosphere; but
there [a] great number of others
existing, which can be produced | [formed in] the operations of Nature|
|& producible,| by art"- |Thus the air from Plants described [page] is of a peculiar kind| [Thus] And if filings of
iron be put into a phial,
& some oil of Vitriol |/ Sulphuric acid | diluted-
with 8 times its weight of
Water poured upon it there
will be a violent effervescence,
& if a Cork having a tube