Bacon, Francis
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Sylva sylvarum : or, a natural history in ten centuries
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ing, and that though they be expoſed to the open air; </
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in the earth. </
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of Ruſt. </
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grow dimmer and leſs Orient, if they be very old.</
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thoſe that lie to ward the South; </
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Ruſt ſooner, and that to the North later; </
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in all ſimple Arefaction, Drineſs.</
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harder Trees, and the Timber made of them, laſt divers ages. </
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dies of Trees: </
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the pith in the midſt is ſoft, and the outward part harder; </
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Oak, the inner part (which they call Heart of Oak) laſteth longer.</
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duſt, unleſs they putrefie: </
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houſes: </
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Teeth.</
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likewiſe will laſt many ages, though notſolong as Parchment.</
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">Such things as have paſſed the Fire laſt long, as Glaſs and Bricks; </
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Fruits that have paſſed the Fire laſt longer than Raw: </
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Baking in the Fire forbids putrefaction; </
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may ſee not onely in the Liquors themſelves, but in the Liquors mixt with other Bodies:
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wax white, and loſe the tranſparency again, the watry vapour exhaling; </
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counterfeit, and then aſſay to draw the lines.</
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ing, than the things themſelves; </
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tinually in the water, or continually in the air, laſt longer than if they were ſometimes
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wet, ſometimes dry: </
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coaſt of Heaven in the Building that they lay in the Mine. </
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body a Spirit, or body Pneumatical, encloſed and covered with the Tangible parts;
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ſon: </
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Subſtances are durable, Hard Subſtances, and Oily: </
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touching Nature Durable and not Durable in Bodies Inanimate, thus much.</
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alſo VVheat and all kind of Corn: </
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