i f The L jg A&XJ R A L HIS, T.Q-R Y \
■fèry.e£m%re
mahnet! hèugwem . ■ If themJhfe>zejgfyiän any reoiî-
fidersbld S trg ta y^ aktfie W eff fernen ftil eétf fly-Triïèÿ their
. ufual Dipis; theyivnlgarl<ÿword it$mk
jthf? 3Ö^ftiMe-$>Äpck3 c Sfan MjW thefe ‘Mines
of täfis&ty&a he
iragpffihM P'iïi Æ© pake, themf^pceabifejiâft they l^flhdt
in this fhelving Pofture : For did,they J y in>,#hH-iiPlßizQh-
taL Plane, they-jwou’d pofe commohly not be. found under
fope Hundred Eathopsy and then the <^antities/p£ Water
w©%d hefto® gfeattiibriany Elding to di^hapgi^.; It swfs
thftrgfete,! no dpuMÿ ^thè wondêidbl Pro^denee o f the Ah.
ipghty at the .tmiverfal Dehige}hn: thefHfeuptiofi of the
Earthy ■ thgt âs-tfee Pfehiiift terps^iitj ■ t^ j; ß m t^ d r^ßde
like a broken Bow, to remain as evôrlalting Monuments of
his Power, as well as Kindnefs to Mankind : And a farther
Argument o f his infinite Goodnefs I p that they-are moft
commonly found in cold'Climes, and not in t-hofe Rêvons
where they have _a morg kindly Influence^ o£ theJSun.
Tp pretend to folve the ßoftures.icd’thefe,.in fo great a*Cpn-
fufion as was at the Deluge, by Ipecific k iGray i ty, ' is I.think
but to trifle in Terms,: For .Mechanically .to;^qGount for
thgfe wonderful Phænomena, wou’d be ’Undertaking
equal to that Genius who lo eafilv difeoyer’d^a Maciüg-
Saddle, or preferv’d Antiphthifical Air in Bottles brought ‘
from fTMontpellier. In thefe Mines it \is |>lâi|t npfpfc^ek
Gravitation is ob ferv’d,foxCoals,Strata o f Marle,CoàfSlats,
m all the Mines I have fben always ly prondfeuidfiy ; fori
lomet imes you come to Stratum of Marie, after wards to a ;
Stratum of Free-ftone, Iron-ftone, or the Pyrites; then to a'
Coal or Kennel-Mine, then to a Stratum of feveral Kinds
again,; and then to Coals or Kennel again, and fometimes to
Coals above them all; from which it is evident,that in their
fubfidence they were not determin’d to any fpecifick Gravitation,
but as Dr. zJMore terms it, were folely govern’d by
an^Hjlarxhicßpirit. Thefe things premifed, I lhall pro-
• ceed
M sHNOjfSH'lMEMCHEStilR E, &c. 6Ï
ceedt 1(3' the Ph^ftohieria- frequently bhlervfi in them, As
t he' eon fti tfi en t Phi hcipleS 'oW&eals, ttizi^zMinerat Waters\
“Damps),, a'nd Pyr&’eW
may be fifld ro co'nM of Bitumen'll Sulphureous
part^d^itfpMd-and 'Fe^gihons,>d^thetkiij.ffl^lafded
wftbhpmfcfc6*e<‘ o f *'6fcfe • and1 'Tbrreh^f^ftfs •> ffilnhm
reuus' Farticlesra^8affiy' diftihguiflidbles fey their* BiMinm
vizrB y .their Smelfandthoazure G©lhfiWfhe Flame.;! thfi
Vitriolic parts, ate prov’d two F te v e fsihei
timesefeem Nativ©^V?r/&/i ih thefe Mihes ^piemnUiy‘,\By;Dh
ilillatiori ;eas morelparticiii'alrly in.the-'Kennehhe'ac^Vfo
from which by* Diftillatibn ino d/Retort,s willmoiai’dioWioa
teryiauftere VitriolicWaterhBefides the Springs that iifife
©fit o f thefe do Jbrnetiiijes; afford u s^ am itie jy d fr^ ^W
Iihave befofeiremark’d. - iTheirferfut^noiikPalticles-are
difeo vef d- in the Cinder, by‘their adhefian tatheiMagii^r
Which.I take- to .berai Pathwgnomonidaf Symp,tomv.o£:hok
in tfiat .cafe, fehp’^Dr. A^hiiaipleas’d to ftilbr itoohe bf ’thd
“P yrites: But-when the.Dr. is framingan Hypothefis/hd-kT
fio,,SJaye tQi.his. Senfes; and, bythe.>famedBaritiyjbf iReafon,
fie jniigfiC:.tmtv forth
OrrWrlfrqquenMy adhere, tmGoal,fas. dai thb|fiaEtahd 1111
^ehej»artS»:-iAs;tothe Pyrites, -that darlingPrvtem’Of :thv
!>%BWMeh;at d deaddilft helps! him to*« Solution? ’dfidhyi
Phaenpifipnon^nd which has given hhhithe Chafabler of a:
prQfppnd Naturalift;,ambnglli leveraf Eerfonsyiderh!apsrhea
GJli# they, «ere i iineapafile; to Iappreheifilr him! ;>cjiaQCindee4
CAftithijikhe apprehendsst or believes himfdf'.tHofe:ASf^
tjonghei^^s, down, donceming, this PjtkagoricalGelitlemiirr
tfie “Pyrites: T h hP yritet k frequentlyifound b ^ iix t ther
fometimes in Pjkffmesjto&StratA:
Thefq; by' their'Configuration sto the’ Receptaeleaiimwhich
they are-difclofe4 ; appear .to have on.c4 been fluid ^ffifiaive.
feen fame Cubicalit others in Pfentagonsfi|and Eforheii rolled
up ill Magdalons, and ^Striated like:Cocfele.;ihells|f in fines
exactly like thofe; al^Heflion bflthefe I have?by me, and
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