[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 27.2 # The Institutes of Akbar 27.2 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 27.2 - **Language:** English ### [27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.2) Minerals are of five kinds: first, those which do not melt on account of their dryness, as the ydqut; secondly, those which do not melt, on account of their liquidity, as quicksilver; thirdly, those which can be melted, being at the same time neither malleable, nor inflammable, as blue stone; fourthly, those which can be melted, being however not malleable, but inflammable, as sulphur; fifthly, those which can be melted, and are malleable, but not inflammable, as gold. A body is said to melt, when from the union of the inherent principles of dryness and moisture its particles are moveable; and a body is called malleable, when we can make it extend in such a manner, as to yield a longer and wider surface, without, however, either separating a part from it, or adding a part to it. - [Previous: 27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.1) - [Next: 27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.3) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.27.2) · Pramāṇa