"[T]he purest and simplest of all earths ought to be also the heaviest; and accordingly... pure vitrifiable earth is... heavier than calcareous, argillaceous, gypseous, or other earths. ...[N]evertheless ...metals, metallic earths, and several kinds of spars, both calcareous and selenitic, are much heavier than the most compact vitrifiable stones ... [P]arts may be so arranged that void spaces may be left betwixt them, sometimes larger, and sometimes less, therefore a body composed of parts essentially lighter, may yet have a greater specific gravity than another body whose parts are essentially heavier; and this happens in all metals and metallic matters. ...Thus the gravity of metals and of metallic earths and stones ought not to prevent our considering the pure and elementary earthy principle as the heaviest of all natural substances."
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