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air._n let_v we_o also_o suppose_v that_o by_o the_o side_n of_o another_o well_o of_o the_o same_o depth_n there_o be_v store_n of_o unripe_a mineral_n that_o be_v in_o the_o process_n of_o generation_n or_o rather_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o marchasiticall_a earth_n if_o i_o may_v so_o call_v it_o that_o be_v such_o a_o substance_n as_o i_o have_v meet_v with_o in_o more_o than_o one_o place_n copious_o impregnate_v and_o as_o it_o be_v blend_v with_o mineral_n of_o a_o marchasiticall_a nature_n and_o yet_o of_o so_o open_a and_o loose_v a_o texture_n as_o not_o only_a water_n will_v in_o a_o few_o hour_n but_o air_n also_o will_v in_o not_o very_o many_o evident_o work_v upon_o it_o and_o since_o during_o the_o time_n that_o marchasite_n be_v slow_o dissolve_v it_o have_v be_v observe_v according_a to_o what_o we_o have_v elsewhere_o deliver_v heat_n deliver_v