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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 54

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  1. irtich stones or Rocks ere observed to be Bioger
  2. than a FIormead; and irhat asmostto beadmired
  3. ras, that thesebreakins in the Air, and changing into
  4. mans several Chapes, distinctly appearing, vet not-
  5. Wichscandine did reunite again infallins donn.
  6. Muncay theerventy second it Began again tocast
  7. Forth black moak For trro hours time, and atter to
  8. chunder, and chrom up Ere andsones ith great vio.
  9. Lencc. Tuesday the evener third at noon it (moa-
  10. Ked again, and from thence until nighethere masterri-
  11. ble chundring noise, and castins up oF tirc and stones
  12. more ferce thanbetore; and about nine oF the clock
  13. at nighe a very oreat tremblins of thecarch iras Felt,
  14. and presentlr alcer Follomed three oreat Cones oF Are
  15. inthe torm of Olobes Which ere torced about halt a
  16. League in height, and then like Cranadoes broke in
  17. cheAir withrery great noise. Wednesday thetrvency
  18. Fourch it vas For an hours time very quiet, and
  19. alter it began rith greater Force than ever betore,
  20. By reason chac some OF the lorver and Arst mouths
  21. ere parclr CopE, wich irtich che atorelaid River
  22. ot tire cealed trom runmino, alter ic had dammed ux
  23. thC Bay OF the old PorE, rich burne and melted
  24. RockSand SconeS, and other matter Wheremith the
  25. Paid Rirer had run, and had Forced the Sea back-
  26. rardabore a Musguet Bhoc ac random andnear twice
  27. 28 much in breadth. Ic ran into the Sca above CIXty
  28. Daces. What Fell into the sea ment congealine rith
  29. a sreat Imoak, irtrac came alter, Forced and ran
  30. over that trhich wene BetOre, (O THaL the Imoak as
  31. very greatmans paces wichin chesca, 25 tar 25 seven
  32. Fathoms depeh, irhich causod mans men to imagine
  33. thac Come Tuch like Pulcano had opened under the
  34. Sea in the Caid leren Fachoms depth. This night it
  35. cast ux fome sones like great Aery Olobes as thc
  36. FOrmer.
  37. Thursday EnC EIVEHEY AETh it prOed YeC OTE
  38. riolene chan erer mich chundrins noise and AaCes OF
  39. AKC.

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 54. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0064?run=74