Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            quænam avicula in exiguâ marmoris rimâ dimiſerit ex ore
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            fici granulum, ut indè caprificus enaſceretur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16635" xml:space="preserve">Quàm multæ
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            ſunt plantæ, quas terra ſponte ſuâ profert? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16636" xml:space="preserve">Nec tamen credi-
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            bile eſt omnes ex decerpto à ſimili plantâ ſemine procreatas,
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            præſertim quando poſt pluviam aliquam, paucis diebus elapſis,
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            confertus herbarum varietate ager apparet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16637" xml:space="preserve">Nemo dubitat,
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            intrà telluris viſcera, metallorum, omniſque generis foſſilium
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            varietate venas ditari, ſi vapor ſalibus fœtus aut ſpiritibus inci-
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            derit in concipientem comprehendentemque naturam, atque
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            ita permiſceantur particulæ, ut demum metalli ſpecies effin-
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            gatur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16638" xml:space="preserve">Quid ni pariter fieri poſſit, ut vapor aut ex nube delap-
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            ſus, aut ex interioribus terræ viſceribus aſcendens, imbutus
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            ſalibus, atque ſpiritibus, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16639" xml:space="preserve">ſulphure, nanciſcatur materiam
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            idoneam, ex quâ convenienter fermenteſcente fiat complexio
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            ſimilis illi, quæ ſemini in plantâ tribueretur?</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s16641" xml:space="preserve">Grad. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16642" xml:space="preserve">Equidem nihil hìc extra modum Naturalis Philoſo-
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            phiæ abſonum & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16643" xml:space="preserve">abſurdum video: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16644" xml:space="preserve">facilè enim concipio in
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            terræ ſinu maſſulam fieri ex humore & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16645" xml:space="preserve">particulis ad ſtirpis
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            alicujus ſpeciem pertinentibus, primùm confusè & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16646" xml:space="preserve">permixtè
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            diſperſis ruditer coagmentatam, poſt diſcretè & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16647" xml:space="preserve">electè leni fer-
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            mentatione ſenſim digeſtas potiſſimas particulasita convenire,
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            séque invicem complecti, ut, virtute pręſertim ſpirituum, con-
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            formationem acquirant minimè diſcrepantem ab eâ, quam
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            ſimiles particulę in plantę ſemine obtinerent. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16648" xml:space="preserve">His conſequens
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            eſt, ut illę ſtatim ſuis ſe ciere motibus incipiant, radicem agere,
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            germinare, deſumpto primùm alimento ex circumſtante ejuſ-
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            dem maſſulę materiâ ſibi cognatâ, deinde etiam ex eâ, quam
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            aut inferiores telluris partes radicibus ſubminiſtrant, aut per
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            circumfuſum aërem delatus vapor imbutus ſale volatili atque
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            ſpiritibus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16649" xml:space="preserve">Maſſulæ hujuſmodi, quam dixi, mollis atque flexilis
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            vicem ſubeunt matura ſeminum grana, quę planta profert;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16650" xml:space="preserve">continent enim particulam vim ſeminis habentem incluſam
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            pericarpio, quod poſtea terreno humore emollitum (oportuit
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            ſiquidem grana areſcere, tum ut transferri poſſent, tum ut ad
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            aliquam temporis diuturnitatem ſervarentur) explicatur in
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            duo folia craſſiuſcula: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16651" xml:space="preserve">ex his autem ſuccus, etiam ope tepentis
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            aëris exquiſitiùs concoctus, in tenerum ſtirpis caulem adductus
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            incrementi materiam tantiſper ſuppeditat, dum propagatis,
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            altiùſque actis radicum fibris uberius alimentum ex terrâ hau-
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            riri queat: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16652" xml:space="preserve">porrò ſucco foliorum hujuſmodi abſumpto, illa
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            tabeſcunt, cauliſqué frondeſcens ſuis ornatur frondibus.</s>
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