CHAPTER XVII.

HISTORY OF PHYSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE FROM 1500 TO 1600.

Tartaglia and Cardan 385 Algebra of Pelletier 385 Record’s Whetstone of Wit 385 Vieta 385 His Discoveries 386 Geometers of this Period 388 Joachim Rhœticus 388 Copernican Theory 388 Tycho Brahe 389 His System 389 Gregorian Calendar 390 Optics 390 Mechanics 390 Statics of Stevinus 391 Hydrostatics 392 Gilbert on the Magnet 392 Gesner’s Zoology 392 Its Character by Cuvier 392 Gesner’s Arrangement 393 His Additions to known Quadrupeds 393 Belon 394 Salviani and Rondelet’s Ichthyology 394 Aldrovandus 394 Botany--Turner 395 Maranta--Botanical Gardens 395 Gesner 396 Dodœns 396 Lobel 396 Clusius 396 Cæsalpin 396 Dalechamps--Bauhin 397 Gerard’s Herbal 397 Anatomy--Fallopius 397 Eustachius 397 Coiter 398 Columbus 398 Circulation of the Blood 398 Medicinal Science 398 Syriac Version of New Testament 399 Hebrew Critics 399 Its Study in England 399 Arabic begins to be Studied 399 Collection of Voyages by Ramusio 400 Curiosity they awakened 400 Other Voyages 401 Accounts of China 401 India and Russia 401 English Discoveries in the Northern Seas 401 Geographical Books--Ortelius 401 Guicciardini 402 French Memoirs 403 Universities in Italy 403 In other Countries 403 Libraries 403 Collections of Antiquities in Italy 404 Pinelli 404 Italian Academies 405 Society of Antiquaries in England 405 New Books and Catalogues of them 406 Literary Correspondence 406 Bibliographical Works 406 Restraints on the Press 407 Index Expurgatorius 407 Its Effects 407 Restrictions in England 407 Latin more employed on this account 408 Influence of Literature 408