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Example.
From the moſt complete of the Tribes.
An unorganized natural Body, is a Fossil.
| Add the Idea pure, | ||
| It becomes Simple Foſſil. | This is its Series. | |
| Add to theſe calcinable, | ||
| It becomes Limey Foſſil. | This is its Tribe. | |
| Add to theſe pellucid, | ||
| It becomes light Limey Foſſil. | This is its Order. | |
| Add to theſe ſoluble in Acids, | ||
| It becomes light Limey ſoluble Foſſil. | This is its Family. | |
| Add to theſe again tranſparent, | ||
| It becomes Spar[1]. | This is its Genus. | |
| Add to theſe a columnar Figure, | ||
| It becomes Columnar Spar. | This is its Species. | |
| Add to theſe a yellow Colour, | ||
| It becomes Topazine Spar. | This is a Variety. | |
| Add to theſe a blue Colour, | ||
| It becomes Smaragdine Spar[2]. | This is a Variety of a Variety. | |
After this there can be only the Difference of Bigneſs; and that diſtinguiſhes Individuals.
FOSSILS.
