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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 35

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  1. 35
  2. and very fat man, irho by cakcino spirit oF Virioi
  3. in his morninss draustts (to Wrhrich he ras adviled
  4. 25 a remedy to altrase the exriberance oF his belly)
  5. Found that it had no effect on his body; but that a
  6. bundle oF Keys, Wrhich heuled to carry alirays about
  7. him, and chat monted to be verr smooch and brioht,
  8. ot a ludden became black and rustr, thouxh he ne-
  9. ver handledche Spirit, nor carried ic in his pocket, (0
  10. that re concurred in opinion thar che lUdOrOuS P Mu-
  11. via oEhisbody, impregnated rith che Acid Spirit, hact
  12. Occationed it.
  13. IF (0, IEs very wondertul, chac so maII a quantier
  14. thereot, irhen diluced wich so much juice as is con-
  15. tained in luch a corpulent man, Bould even insteam
  16. and che insensible lmanations mate imprestions on
  17. Smoothtron, mauser theperpecual actrition, by car-
  18. rying them in his Pocket, Wrhereby luch an effect
  19. (onc rould think) Mould be prevented, orCoonrab.
  20. Bed oF. Trras roine to makce lome reflections on
  21. ehis notable accident, butL consider, ec.-
  22. Plimmoncte
  23. May. 5, 1678.
  24. es ebs.

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 35. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0045?run=74