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Rh the chief ingredient is light, which is rendered solid by mixture with some particles of earth. Were it mere earth, it might be calclined by fire strongly urged. Its light is not latent, but overpowered by the colour of the earthy particles mixed with it. In the Mīmāmsā, however, it is reckoned as a distinct substance, as before observed."

After giving an account of air and ether etc., Colebrooke proceeds with Kanāda's