Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686
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            Naturę ſimplices diſtinctè & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1077" xml:space="preserve">ordinatè diſponendę eſſent.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1079" xml:space="preserve">Gradon. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1080" xml:space="preserve">Illud pręterea, quod dictis conſequens videtur, non
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            diſſimulandum exiſtimo, videlicet ſingulas Elementorum notiones,
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            Terram, Aquam, Aërem, Ignem, non eſſe ſpecies vltimas: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1081" xml:space="preserve">ita enim
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            ſunt partes, quę ſubſunt generi Elementi, vt etiam ſingulę ample-
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            ctantur plures ſpecies: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1082" xml:space="preserve">Sic Terra genus eſt in plures diuiſum partes:
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1083" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1084" xml:space="preserve">ſicut terra Lemnia, aut Samia, aut communis argilla ad ſpeciem
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            eandem non pertinent, quamuisin communi Terrę notione conue-
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            niant; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1085" xml:space="preserve">ita plures ſpecies vniuerſum genus Elementi Terrę partiri
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            poſſunt, modò Primarum Qualitatum terrę congruentium, Frigo-
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            ris ſcilicet & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1086" xml:space="preserve">Siccitatis, communione ſimiles ſint, cœtera diſſimi-
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            les; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1087" xml:space="preserve">ſi nimirum ſingulę hoc habeant, quod ęgrè miſceantur, ac
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            vim obtineant tenuiora elementa conſtipandi, &</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1088" xml:space="preserve">, vt ita dicam,
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            coagulandi, parui refert eas cœterarum proprietatum diſſenſione
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            diſcrepare. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1089" xml:space="preserve">Haud diſpari ratione de Ignis cœterorumque Elemen-
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            torum generibus philoſophandum eſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1090" xml:space="preserve">quęcunque enim naturę
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            ſimplices validam vim habentreliquas attenuandi, ipſę tamen ob
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            maximam ſui tenuitatem ac mobilitatem difficilè permiſcentur,
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            ſed potiùs auolare conantur, Ignes ſunt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1091" xml:space="preserve">ſed quid prohibet eas, in
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            reliquis qualitatibus longè diſſimiles, ſpecie diſiunctas eſſe, immò
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1092" xml:space="preserve">diſſidere? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1093" xml:space="preserve">Quin & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1094" xml:space="preserve">illud addendum, quod non ignes omnes calo-
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            ris gradibus pares eſſe, aut ęquè tenues oportet; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1095" xml:space="preserve">ſed in vnoquoque
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            compoſitorum corporum quę inſunt particulę omnium tenuiſſimę
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            calorem habentes, cuius cauſas ipſa natura continet, eæ in corpore
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            illo Elementi Ignis munere funguntur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1096" xml:space="preserve">neque obſtat quicquam,
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            quo minus ignis ſint, ſi corpora alia concreta ſunt ex particulis
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            plus caloris habentibus, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1097" xml:space="preserve">tenuitatis: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1098" xml:space="preserve">ignem enim alium alio ro-
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            buſtiorem eſſe nil vetat.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1100" xml:space="preserve">Dand. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1101" xml:space="preserve">Equidem fateor eam eſſe vim notionum in animis noſtris
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            iam tum ab ipſâ infantiâ impreſſarum, vt vix Ignis vocabulum au-
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            dire poſſimus, quin illicò menti ſpontè ſuâ obijciat ſe ignis iſte vul-
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            garis, nec facile ſit cogitationem ab illo ſeuocare, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1102" xml:space="preserve">ad Elementum
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            reflectere. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1103" xml:space="preserve">Quapropter aliquibus ſatius videtur, rebus non muta-
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            tis, paululum immutare vocabula, ijſque vti nominibus, quę co-
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            gitationem ad alienas imagines non detorqueant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1104" xml:space="preserve">Cum itaque ex
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            corporum diſſolutionibus ab arte excogitatis deprehendatur hu-
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            morem extrahi, atque ſpiritum, relicιis in imo vaſe partibus qui-
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            buſdam craſſis & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1105" xml:space="preserve">grauibus (corpori animâ deſtituto ſimiles </s>
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