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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. Secondtr, Factitious Merals, are such as are
  2. made by ehe ArE OF Man: OE wrhich some arc
  3. made of
  4. Copper, and Lapis Calaminaris, a5 Brass. Some
  5. Tin, Lead, and Tin-Class, 25 Penter. O
  6. Tron depurated, by Frequene hearins, and beat
  7. ins, and boilins rrich SalES; 25 Stecl.
  8. e
  9. ThirdiY, Impersect Rinds OF Wetal, are et
  10. theF
  11. Fluidus a5 Mercury or Duicksilver: O1
  12. Solid and Contistent. And some ot chele are
  13. uledt FOF
  14. Pursins, aud chiety urvards, 25 Anti
  15. mony. Some are used for maleing oF
  16. Pevier, beins ot a Mimins brittle Sub.
  17. Ctance, 25 Bismuth Or Tin-Glass. Orher
  18. are uled For makins oF
  19. Soder, aS Spelter, Zinke, Or Spalt. An
  20. lome are made use oF FOr
  21. Paintins, as Cinnabar, Vermillion, and Blacte
  22. Lead.
  23. Fourehly, Recrementirions Parts oF Meral, ave
  24. such as are cast os cicher in the Preparation 0.
  25. phemby
  26. Meltine; as Litharee, vohich is a tind os Seum
  27. arisins from the Puritication oF Silver trom
  28. Lead; and Spodium and Pompholix, Wrhich
  29. Ay out from Copper when it is in Fusion,
  30. and cicher Fail donon again rothe Ground.
  31. as the former, Or adhere 10 the ROOF OF
  32. NValls, a5 the latrer: Or else chey come
  33. trom the Mecal by
  34. nochins bul CAaS OL Selenites; May, Pertraps
  35. in all kind oF Terrestrial MateT, Or in Strata OE
  36. thac ris a rare cs cs as et centse
  37. Beatinz or Flammerins, as the Scoria, Or thex one andche Pame Lump.
  38. Scales, or arise trom
  39. Corruption cither in the seneral wa7, 25 Rust,
  40. er atter a parricular manner, a5 in the ma.
  41. king of Verdisrease and Ceruse; one FTOI
  42. Copper, or Brals, and the ocher From
  43. ead.
  44. nerals and Metals are very otten Blended and
  45. Bur noiwichstandins this Scheme be 2 500d) cure, in d HIO LC SH a SCCaL SI,
  46. seneral summarr; ver a 500d Difcourse on chis
  47. Subjeet is verr much anting; and indeed to
  48. do ir Well, ill be a veer difficule Pask: Becaule
  49. in the Minerat Kinsdom (25 DF. Wooduard ob
  50. Terres (in his Fxcellene Nacural Ilictory oF che
  51. Farth, Part 4.) chere is nochins Regular, Con
  52. stant, Or Certain: Neicher Colour, Fisure, nOr
  53. cheir Place Ox Sicuation in the Parth, are to bC
  54. trusted to, or relied upon, (0 a5 posicirely 10
  55. make any sudsmene trom thence.
  56. Wrhereas indeed chere is nothing litre that; and
  57. the onty Aanding Test, and distinguistrine Cna-
  58. racteristick oF any Mecal or Mineral, must bC
  59. Toughe for in the Constitent Matrer oE ic, and
  60. it must sirs be brouehr donnto chat, before any
  61. Thole MCtaIS aNa LMMIETAIS WIIICH aIC TepOLI-
  62. red in the Bodies oF rhe SFratA, are citter Found
  63. there in Grains, or (mall Parricles, or else amal
  64. A common Marchasite, Or Pyrites, Mall hare dules are cither ot an irregular and unCerTaiM LI
  65. the Colour and Brishine(soF Gold or Silver, and
  66. Sure, 25 che common Pyritae, Flints, Agates,
  67. vet attord nochins buc a licele Sulphur and Vi- Onyxes, Pebbles, Cornelians, Faspers, Xc. Or elle
  68. triol; Whilst another Body, having only the Re- ther are of a Fioure Comevhat regular and ob-
  69. Semblance oF a Pebble Or a SconC, Pall hare a serrable; as the Belemnites, the several TOrES oL
  70. plentitul admixture ot a valuable Meral in II.
  71. Noching is more common chan eo find che
  72. Mineral Coral, the Scelechites, the Lapis Muce-
  73. toides, vulsarty called, Fungites: The Astroites
  74. Tame Meral Mor also into very difCreHE FOrMS OF Starry Stone; a5 vell hat Port wirh che promi-
  75. aud Figures; 2s vell as to find different kinds OF nens, 25 thac With FhC CONCAVOSTAES: Phe Sele
  76. Mecal oE che lame Form and Fisure: And a nites, rhe Echinaced Christalline Balls, wich
  77. Boey nohich hach che Mhaxe ane appeacaree oE al manr more malosous Bodies.
  78. Diumone, vuy prove noon examiroion, ro ve
  79. on common Sale, Or Alom, nacurally Chri
  80. Ccallizcd, or Mor into chac Form.
  81. 50at(o as ro chieir Place in theFiarch, chere is
  82. the lame ancerraines: Sometimes Wic ind them
  83. IlCC Lerpendicular Filsures, Or Incerrals os IHC
  84. Scrata; Comerimes interspersed in the Bodies ot
  85. the strata, and lometimes in bocil: Onl) indecd
  86. in the bems thereis this ditteretsel, l’hac the To-
  87. Pazes, Amethists, Fmeralds, ec. Wrhich grow in
  88. the Fistures, are ordinarils ChristalHCa Or IHOE
  89. inco Angular Fisures, wrhereas chole souu in
  90. he strata, are in rude Lumps, On) hela
  91. ny Vellor, Purple, Or Orcen PCVBCS, HOL BUE
  92. thac eren thele chac are thus lodsed inthe Strata,
  93. are allelometimes tound christallized, and in ehe
  94. Lorms oE Cubes, Rhombs, ec. buc chen thole
  95. found inche strata, are catilr distinguthed HOI
  96. Este orher, because ther are withour their ROOt,
  97. (a5 the Terrellers calLic) or the ABrIPLHCIS ALMHCIF
  98. Fincs, Whereby che ochers adhete We A
  99. Sides of the Interrals, wrhich AbrupnelS iS OC
  100. calsoned by their beins broken of trom chence:
  101. And chose wrhich are tound inclosed in Colid
  102. Stone, Marble, C9c. beine difficulely separable
  103. trom the Scons Macer Which adheres ro chesse
  104. on all ies, hare commonls some ot rhar Mat
  105. ret Aicko them on all cheir sides; Wvhereby
  106. ther die cltinguisted Erom thole tounet iI chc
  107. Lependicular Intervals, cher adhet os bs
  108. B Lind, a5 as above obserred.
  109. The late Metals are also placea disterenty
  110. rery ditlerene Natutes, Lhes ale cscess al-
  111. (o rariousss uermixed onc wich another; l0
  112. and Simple, ouc Coppet atet srot Mall be in che
  113. Came Mals; Cold and Copper; Stret and L ead
  114. Pir and Lead; rea, lomerimes alt ille dix os
  115. Fis the Came thins with Minerals; and MI
  116. Incermixea WoSCthet.
  117. Trow che lnomtedse ot this maz be of s00d
  118. use FOMMdCCCIVCThOIC, WO bY FedaIMS Os IOMC
  119. Authors, arc xersuaded, Thac all chings relarins
  120. to Metals and Minerals, are tranlacted by N2
  121. Certain suase CaH DL SHNCH OI sC
  122. Sed into BalIS, LPS, Ot LNOaMIES; WICH LC-
  123. Those

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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. - . Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/806933011:0524?run=74