! gifrs^ j® >Wateayoadher’d prettyr muchM fheïgseom.Stajb*
ftfeö9©i4 ®fefibütaèiö^ei’. 1
,. Frq®thefe lExjferiimentsthè Br. dra^itfiel'èGöïoHafles^
ffafö J ^ ^ ra a k ^ tW a t^ rk ith èM a tta g r that feonfikutis
'VSgfJ&MJ&a»! thafc ïmp«K)¥^mè^si jbjr ^BferöiiSi iand :AJeaIi*
7$t&& afebonly lay thé falijié^particl^i^ipató^ l t e mrth^
and pBd|^fin^th!em.|to.b^i(arricè«.p’iiy th© Water;
ap^ dilgQsJdiöfifiiaï© ÜMsfübftamè -ufjtbfldPlJisJk.LihaffWalier
MajgöéöBJtóQh.
tp.themf I
>:^ï«Wsiif i I iniftakemdt, i£ ;wë xmufi: tQakbi®|i'feaf itoeer
ffir^leBódy, and) that tö heth'e.Matterdqnly: sthafcyjs.con-
verted into dhéfiiMlaoc&QftMJi!ferit>i
labour, undef mcu£ Difficulties,than thfefqtWfri, if-.fa.Qeord-
ing^to the Doctor’s ■Nbtioi^E .d&erfelihe
nq ferthpr than in preparing this Mould ;; for we may\ undoubtedly
affure óür^hlYas', thaM the
We0 MdtQSy- that brrefiftable and. deceiving Poyfpn,muft
needs confift x>f more Bodies than Eatgh alone., otherwilè
how, comes its Fruit to be fo fatal, that not only the t^ t*
in g ’of it is.prefcnt Death, butrthe veryieating o f the Creatures
that have fed .upon it produces the fame Effoól; nay
even the drops of Rain that fall from its Leaves,.^/e n f fo
poyfonous 'a Nature, ’as to blifter and inflame, the Skin :
fferedoubtlefs is more than. a bare Contexture. of-Earthy
and without queltioh the molt corroding, ? fnlphureous and
penetrating Particles rwe 'can have any Idea of.,; Befidesj
WëreVegetation from Earth alone, I cannot fee. how one
Plant could be diftinguifh’d from another; wherefore to
m e it feems rational to infer, That the Body which the Dr.
calls Earth, confifts o f as many different Bodies as that
which the Chymifts call Water; fo that from either of thefe
two Bodies limply confide d as fuch, it. is equally abfurd to
derive Vegetation; but thefe two Bodies doindifputably confift
i n
fiîftiof{variëfj&:of .Cotpuéeles;.. eygv Ssflmè,/Tddrené, :A'«ri«n
^SBitoaa^im^,Landi!^H;,2N 3^ i 2t i I ^ l 55Jl^i|eiHi3Kat'iil;
pUsiPfiffogs and .6antî^t^ij®gb. dlffîfent'prqportir
onsi of thefe, fojabcordingLy r tberBlântdis diffatrentiymaro*
dify’dijahd: frmwtheir; different- ; digeftitffisrandqirOportibn's
re.6ei^|<jiï|sdFdrm, ^Gabudr,: Subflajt^lattdlViattiesftK. And
My i this I HypQthafis.;we may» a<\e®dfit forPlants-phylicali,
pofffil»usvfriigfanfiyfoetid, ;andrôff$their kimte^j hence$r*
kgméiSçammyd^. fort» ofiSpw&àAH thfe
their ,fefinouscfaline,.Particles,i bec(knë:piÉ3gatIve,Kand»ûf
t|ken; in tdOiîaïge^quamitieâ/pQyféboiusbîthéîfoihe mafebe
affiiiwdii, l$0 $ec>j[a3 zA/msiL'Sfrwgej -iSb^^'and
thofe-iGreàtuÈesjto
wfifeh ^NtgH-JbAde,, ; Nu& IfimkA;\Cdlmlus-J^dixm, ! and
^Per^Hemk'êhmé given^that the-iBoyfanshf thefekom
fift in aferinjdnfou.Si falinesPartides; corrodto^and inflaming
the; Stomach,»;pj-which the learned W ^ n ^ p e s us various
I'Ufiafnces ; '-others by,-exalted Sulphur^ quit'from‘feline
Particles,bdqubtfefs beQQmq;Eragrant,,nAroma£ifc and Qor-
diaVsbeing^, their fiz em d figUYertwhich, we qjrefume,. to
Mfspherical) the more, readily adapted to'Taffife the animal
Spirits by their/a^ivity. Y When th^fe, Sulphurs become
pointed with Salts,1 ’tis molt likdyYhat the!Plan*t beedmes
foetid ; and unpfoafent, as thefiinking Gdrden Orach:, and
Herb Robert ; J might likewifeaccount fbnthe Heat, Bib '
Rerings, and other qualities, o f Herbs, but jthofe beingin
paffedpne before, and not p’roperly'within the-rV&g^of Siis
Undertakingi I lhall not-recapitulate', hutYcythedngenious
S ï .^ » LiçtyÇeWon that Heddi nefeç the Cuhqim,
intyhofe Works they liay, find variety of- Experiments, on
thofe’Subjedts.
I mult confefs that the Experiments which t>nhWoodward
has; ii|ade r^fatin^ to Vegetation, at® exaébaslSyrqîè'as learn-
edi he having befîdès the V ^ te r fh fh
many Days, fully demonftrated ,the Plant tjjff have gain’d av
confiderable Weight, - which he! affirms to havebeen front
■ Eartk ;