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CONTEMPLATION XXV. p. 847.
Of the unspeakable Number, and unconceivable
Smallness of the Particles of which the Uni-
verfe confifts.
Se&. I. Tranfition to the Smallness of Parts.
Sect. II. All Bodies confift of Small Parts.
Sect. III. Our Conceptions must be rectified.
Sect. IV. A Cubical Inch contains a Million of vifible
Particles.
Sect. V. A Cubical Inch of Water contains the like
number of Parts.
Sect. VI. A Cubical Inch of Water rarified in an Æo-
lipile, will yield above 13300 Millions of Parts.
Sect. VII. There may hang above 13000 Particles of
Water to the harp Point of a Needle.
Sect. VIII. That a Drop of Water is divifible into a-
bove 26,000,000 of Parts.
Sect. IX. Convictions from the foregoing.
Sect. X, XI, XII. This Hypothefis founded upon the
Obfervations of Mr. Leuwenhoek, namely, That
a Drop of Water contains many more than a Milli-
on of Millions of Parts: The fame applicable to all
kind of Liquids.
Sect. XIII, XIV, XV. The Smallness of the Parti-
cles of Air, Fire, and Light.
Sect. XVI. How many Particles of Light fly out of a
burning Candle in the Second of a Minute.
Sect. XVII. The Particles of Light compared with the
Sand of the whole Earth.
Sect. XVIII. The Smallness of Parts in Solid Bodies, fuch as Copper, Brafs, &c.
Sect. XIX. The Smallness of Parts in Solid and Fluid
Bodies in General.
Sect.
Sect. XX. Experiments fhewing the determinate Pro
perties of fuch Small Parts.
Sect. XXI. Of the Smoak of Benjoyn.
Sect. XXII, and XXIII. Convictions from the Small-
nefs of the Parts in general and in particular.
Sect. XXIV, and XXV. The Hand of God particu-
larly manifefted in the Ufe of thefe Small Parts.
Sect. XXVI. Convictions from feveral Texts of Scrip-
ture.
Sect. XXVII. Convictions from the Smallness of the
Particles of Air.
Sect. XXVIII.
the Particles of Fire.
And from the Smallness of
Sect. XXIX. Convictions from all the foregoing.
Sect. XXX. Great Bodies are for the most part di-
vided at firft into Small Particles, before God is
pleafed to make use of them.
CONTEMPLATION XXVI. p. 891.
Of certain Laws of Nature.
Sect. I. What a Law of Nature is.
Sect. II. The Laws and Powers of Cohefion.
Sect. III. The Laws and Powers of Separation.
Sect. IV. The Unattrition of fuch fine and tender Par-
ticles.
Sect. V. Two principal Laws of Nature, Percussion and Attraction, &c.
Sect. VI, and VII. Gravity and its Effects.
Sect. VIII. Convictions from the foregoing.
Sect. IX. Heavenly Bodies Gravitate towards each
other.
Sect. X, and XI. Aftrong Proof that Heavenly_Bo-
dies gravitate towards each other, and Convictions
from thence.
Sect. XII. The Operations of Gravity in Bullets and
Bombs.
Sect. XIII. The Operations of Gravity in the Cate-
naria, or Chain-Curve.
Sect. XIV. There can be no ignorant necessary First
Caufe deduced from a Series of ignorant Causes ope-
rating together.
Sect. XV. The First Motion proves a God, as does
likewife the Continuation and Communication of Mo-
tion.
Sect. XV. The Reasons produced by fome for the Con- tinuation of Motion, Jeem too weak.
Sect. XVI. God acts reasonably, incomprehenfibly, and
according to his own good Pleasure.
Sect. XVII. Other Reasons against the Neceffity of
Natural Laws.
Sect. XVIII. The Proof of a God from the Motions
of the Particles of Light.
Sect. XIX. The Existence of a God proved likewife
from the Laws of Mechanifm in General.
Sect. XX. Tranfition to fome Hydroftatical Laws.
Sect. XXI, General Terms and Propofitions in Hydro-
ftaticks.
Sect. XXII. The Order of the Experiments that are to
be made for the Foundation of Hydroftatical Laws.
Sect. XXIII. of Fluids in Curve Tubes of equal Big-
ness.
Force
Sect. XXIV. An Experiment to show the great
of the Gravitating Power of Water.
Sect. XXV. Experiments proving that Fluids prefs
upwards.
Sect. XXVI. An Experiment to fhew the Greatness
of this Force preffing upwards.
Sect. XXVII. The Laws of Preffure up and down-
wards.
Sect. XXVIII. An Experiment of the Preffure down-
wards of different Fluids upon one anothor.
Sect. XXIX. Oil gravitates or preffes on Pickle, in
the fame manner as Air does on Water.
Sect. XXX. The Greatness of the Pressure upwards
and downwards in feveral Fluids incumbent upon one
another.
Sect. XXXI. Of the Preffure upon equal Parts of
higher or lower Horizontal Planes.
Sect. XXXII. Hydrostatical Laws of feveral Fluids
incumbent on one another..
Sect. XXXIII. The Preffure upwards proceeds only
from lateral Fluids.
Sect. XXXIV. Olique Preffures do also adapt them-
Selves to the Height of Fluids.
Sect. XXXV. The Hydroftatical Laws of Oblique
Preffures.
Sect. XXXVI. Lateral Preffures do likewife adapt
themselves to the Heights or Depths of Fluids.
Sect. XXXVII. The Method of discovering the
Greatness of the aforefaid Preffure.
Sect. XXXVIII. The Comparison of the lateral and
perpendicular Preffure of the Air upon an equal Part,
Shown by an Experiment.
Sect. XXXIX. An Experimental Comparison of the
aforefaid Preffures in Water upon an equal Part.
Sect. XL. The Greatness of a lateral Preffure upon a
Plane.
Sect. XLI. The Hydroftatical Laws of lateral Pref
fures.
Sect. XLII, and XLIII. Two Experiments about la- teral Preffures.
Sect. XLIV. The lateral Preffure adapts it felf to the
Heighth, and not to the Breadth of Water.
Sect. XLV. The lateral Preffure of Water, with
Air preffing upon the fame.
Sect. XLVI. The Augmentation and Diminution of
the refifting Force, produces Motion and the Force
thereof.
Sect. XLVII. Fluids are moved by, or rather after
taking away a Refiftance; and the Force thereof.
Sect. XLVIII. Tranfition to Hydraulicks, or fome
Hydroftatical Examples.
Sect. XLIX. A Calculation of the Force of a Syphon. Sect. LI. Of a Fountain that Spouts or Springs higher than the Water that fupplies it.
Sect. LII. Of a Fountain of Hero, the Stream where-
of is longer than the Fountain is high.
Sect. LIII. The Motion of Water in a Curve Tube.
Sect. LIV, LV, LVI. A Hydroftatical Paradox,
Shown by two Experiments.
Sect. LVII, and LVIII. Another Hydroftatical Pa-
radox confirmed likewife by an Experiment.
Sect. LIX. Convictions from the furprizing Force of
Water.
Sect. LX Convictions upon another Foundation.
Sect. LXI. Without the Laws of Fluids, all Things
would foon be in the utmoft Confufion.
Sect. LXII. Convictions from the foregoing Obferva-
tions.
Sect. LXIII. Even Lead itself will float upon the Water, by the Pressure thereof upward.
Sect LXIV. Convictions from thence.
Sect. LXV. Lateral Preffure, and the Benefit thereof.
Sect. LXVI. Convictions from the fame.
CONTEMPLATION XXVII. p. 1005.
Of Some Chymical Laws of Nature.
Sect. I. Tranfition to other Laws.
Sect. II. Experiments fhewing the Operations of Acids and Alcali's.
Sect. III. The aforefaid Salts are changed and united
by Effervefcencies.