Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 402

in general, moisture, as was said, is a hindrance to melting. And at the same time, because of its softness and large-particled nature, it cannot cut. Nor is it violent in the pores. But the heat in the too ·/. subsiding stomach is drier and more earthy, as the moisture is separated and subsides into the bladder. And again, why does lephanon perhaps a specific substance or type of metal/mineral become dead when burned in fire, while the stone around it does not, though the piles original: "σωροῖς" — likely referring to the heaps or layers of material in a furnace do? And where there is such coal, it destroys everything and turns it into ash within itself. For heat differs even in these things. For the stone works by its heat and by being hot by nature. The sign of this is that lime is produced from it. The hotter [fire] divides more ·/. quickly quickly and into smaller parts. Perhaps the hotter [fire] is also more kinetic, like a flame. But into small parts, the finer [heat] enters, because it penetrates everywhere. The heat in the stone is so great that it makes this [effect], and the air enclosed in the containers also dissolves everything into ash, but [only after it has] lingered and been heated. The heat in the stone is weaker than that of the fire, but finer; it is hotter than the enclosed air, and more easily penetrating. So it divides more quickly than the one, and more finely than the other, once it has lingered. But that which is more corporeal and denser when heated becomes hotter; for this reason, ·/. the air once the thick and muddier [air/smoke] is thicker and burns more. So that some things are coldest and most burning. For when air is heated, it holds heat within itself because of its thickness, [creating] a fiery place. For the most part, these are smokes, and if a breeze also falls upon it, the hot