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# Title: Leibnitii Protogaea. Concept und Collectanea dazu, nebst einer von Leibniz corrigierten Reinschrift. (shelfmarks Ms XXIII, 23a; MS XXIII, 23a)
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rapido sanquinis motu.
Guttis cadentibus in cavernis to-
phaceum lapisem retinyvi constat, seu
et in nostrae Hercyniae celebui antro, quod
a Baumanno quodam nomen accesit,
vix valgo fidem adhibeo, quod ingentes
illas columnarum massas, percussu so
nitum campanae amulantes, et totam
cavernae matenam vastuy parietes
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quasi gullatim collectos. Tropfstem
vocant. id est stalactiten. Nam quot
annorum millibus stillan oportuit, ut
lantae moles formarentur. et fluontis
SanC
aqua retiquia exigut et saperficraria
mollisu
quod spathi genus videtur, etsi
r
Quae
mollioris. Et quastiniarum specie ful:
inipsa cavexno
quanquam a non deorsum tantum rospicrunt
immo et in superiora
sed et in latus sape facuminentur
semper
altiore
nec cateroqui, velut exsupenore lovo,
accumulatae consistant partes pro-
sed (ut ruptis framinibus apparuit,) cradios, folia strias in sosmnes
plagas prodencat. Unum ipse fructum de
caverna in tucem proferri mecum
jussi, cumque accuratius inspicerem eice
ostendunt sese alveoti quidam in ipsa saxi
cavernula
superficie ad cavenae modum introrsum
recedontes, qualos in spatho fodinarum
deprehen detectes et saspe peramplos
occurrentes, sesaepe metallicola nostri
antur
drusas vocant. Destia intus ambientibus
totum