Note 5 — CLASSES OF FOSSILS.
William Withering translation
The latter part of this definition does not apply perfectly well to ſome of the ſimple ſalts. I ſhall therefore offer another, given by Dr. Cullen, viz. “Saline bodies are ſapid, miſcible with water, and not inflammable.” I am ſenſible too that this definition is not perfectly unexceptionable, ſince it has been found that vol. alkaly in an aerial ſtate is in a certain degree inflammable. W.