SECT. I.
ARTIC.
- 1 THe Illation of the Chapter.
- ibid.
- 2 Hard and Soft, defined.
- ibid.
- 3 The Difference betwixt a Soft and Fluid.
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- 4 Solidity of Atoms, the Fundament of Hard∣ness and Inanity intercepted among them, the fundament of Softness, in all Concretions.
- ibid.
- 5 Hardness and Softness, no Absolute, but meer∣ly Comparative Qualities; as adscriptive to Concretions, contrary to Aristotle.
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- 6 Softness in Firme things, deduced from the same cause, as Fluidity in Fluid ones.
- ibid.
- 7 The General Reason of the Mollification of Hard, and Induration of Soft bodies.
- ibid.
- 8 The special manners of the M••llification of Hard: and Induration of Soft bodies.
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- 9 PROBLEM Why Iron is Hardned, by being immersed red-hot into Cold Water; and its SOLVTION.
- ibid.
- 10 The Formal Reasons of Softness and Hard∣ness.
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- 11 The ground of Aristotles Distinction betwixt Formatilia and Pressilia.
- ibid.
- 12 Two Axioms, concerning, and illustrating the nature of Softness.
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