[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D.](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902) › v1.c10.t10 # A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t10: Fluidity A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c10.t10 - **Language:** English ### Fluidity ### [v1.c10.t10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10.1) “13. Fluidity is the cause of original trickling. ### [v1.c10.t10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10.2) “It affects earth, light and water. It is natural and essential in water; adscititious in earth and light; being induced by exhibition of fire in molten substances, as lac, gold etc. ### [v1.c10.t10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10.3) "Fluidity is perceptible by external senses, sight and touch. ### [v1.c10.t10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10.4) "In hail and ice, fluidity essentially subsists, but is obstructed by an impediment arising from an unseen virtue which renders the water solid. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.ray-1902.v1.c10.t10) · Pramāṇa