Chapter 39

The _Earth_'s Diurnal motion prov'd by the motion of the Comets, 1. 6. & 7. especially by the slow motion of the second Comet, 3. 39. See M. _Auzout_, confirm'd by M. _Hevelius_, 6. 105. confirm'd also by the Tydes at Sea, 16. 265.

The _Eclipse_ of _June_ 22, 1666. accurately observ'd at _London_, 17. 245. at _Madrid_, _ibid._ at _Paris_, 17. 246. at _Danizick_, drawn in accurate Cuts, n. 19. 347. n. 21. p. 369.

_Elephants:_ How to escape, or to combat with them, 18. 328.

_Eeles_ discover'd under Banks in Hoar-Frosts, by the Greens of the Banks approaching, 18. 383.

F.

The _Fleshy_ parts of the Body which are usually reputed, and do seem void of Vessels, are argued to be full of Vessels, by D. _King_, 18. 316.

_Friction_ and sometimes _Touch_, how sanative, by several Examples, 12. 206.

_Frictions_ much used by Physitians in _China_ with good success, 14. 249. {402}

G.

_Geometricians_ censur'd by M. _Hobbs_, 14. 153. defended by D. _Wallis_, 16. 289.

The method of teaching _Geometry_ reform'd, 15. 261. See _Euclidis Elementa novo ordine_, among the Books.

I.

_Inquiries_, see Directions, suprá.

_Ice_ and Snow how to be preserv'd in Chaffe, and how Snow-houses are made in _Livorn_, 8. 139.

_Insects_, in swarms pernicious in some Countries; the cause of them, and what Remedies, 8. 139. some _Insects_, commonly believed poysonous, not so, by M. _Fairfax_, 22. 391.

To find the _Julian_ period by a new and easie way, 18. 324.

_Jupiter_'s Rotation by degrees discover'd in _England_ and _Italy_, n. 1. p. 3. n. 4 p. 75. n. 8. p. 143. n. 9. p. 173. n. 12. p. 209. n. 14. p. 245.

K.

_Kermes_, how gather'd and used for Coloration, describ'd with many considerables, 20. 362.

L.

_Light_, to examine what figure or celerity of motion begetteth or increaseth Light or Flame in some Bodies, by D. _Beale_, 13. p. 226. _Shining_ Worms found in Oysters, 12. 103. The Bononian Stone duly prepar'd continues _light_ once imbibed above any other substance yet known amongst us, 21. 375. The loss of the way of preparing the same for shining, feared, _ibid._

_Longitudes_ at Sea, how to be ascertain'd by Pendulum-Watches, 1. 13.

_Lungs_ and Windpipes in Sheep and Oxen strangely stopt with Hand-Balls of Grass, 6. 100.

M.

_Marbles_, that a liquor may be made to colour them, piercing into them, 7. 125.

_Mars_, by what steps and degrees of diligence discover'd to be turbinated, both in _England_ and _Italy_. Compare n. 10. p. 198. and n. 14. 239, 242. see the Schemes there.

_May-dew_ examin'd by various Experiments, by M. _Henshaw_, 3. 33.

_Mechanical_ Principles in a Geometrical method, explicating the nature or operation of Plants, Animals, 8. 325.

_Medicins_ in _China_ consist for the most part of Simples, Decoctions, Cauteries, Frictions, without the use of Blood-letting, 14. 249. The _Physitians_ there, commended for speedy Cures, and easie, _ibid._

_Mediterranean Sea_, whether it may be join'd with the Ocean, debated, 3. 41.

_Micrography_ epitomized, 2. 27. M. _Auzout_'s Objections to a part of it; vid. the new way of grinding Spherical Glasses by a Turn-lath, 4. 57. M. _Hooks_ answer thereunto, 4. 64. both at large.

_Mercury_-Mines in _Friuli_, and the way of getting it out of the earth, 2. 21.

_Mineral_ Inquiries, see Directions, Engins, Artificial Instruments. _Mineral_ at Liege yielding Brimstone and Vitriol; and the way of extracting them, 3. 35. How Adits and _Mines_ are wrought at Liege, 5. 79. A Stone in _Sueden_ yielding Sulphur, Vitriol, Allum and Minium, and how, 21. 375. See _Kircher_'s Mundus Subterraneus abbr. 6. 109.

_Monsters_, a Calf deform'd, and a great stone found in a Cows womb, n. 1. 10. a _Colt_ with a double eye in one place, 5. 85.

_Moons_ Diameter how to be taken, and why increased in the Solar Eclipse of _Jun._ 22. 1666. n. 2. p. 373. see _Planets_. What discoverable in the _Moon_, and what not. _Moons Eclipses_ how to take without inconvenience, 22. 387.

_Mulberry-Trees_ how to be cut low, and easie to be reach'd, for relief of Silk-worms, in _China_, 14. 249. in _Virginia_, 12. 202. see Silk.

N.

_Nile's_ Inundations, the cause attributed to _Niter_, by _Dela Chambre_; opposed by _Vossius_. See both in the _List of Books_, 14. 251. and 17. 304.

The _North-Countries_ of _Poland_, _Sweden_, _Denmark_, &c. are warm'd by the influence of the _Royal Society_, 19. 344. {403}

O.

_Ocean_, what Seas may be joined with it, 3. 41.

_Opticks_, Campani's Glasses do excell Divini's; 'tis easie by them to distinguish people at four Leagues distance, 2. 131. and 12. 209. What they discover in _Jupiter_ and _Saturn_, 1. 1. and 2. The proportions of Apertures in Perspectives reduced to a Table by M. _Auzout_, 4. 55. Animadverted upon by M. _Hook_, 4. 69.

How to illuminate Objects to whatsoever proportion, proposed by M. _Auzout_, 4. 75.

_Hevelius_, _Hugenius_, and some in _England_, endeavour to improve Optick Glasses, 6. 98.

Seigneur _Burattini_'s advance in the same inquired after, 19. 348. some answer to it from _Paris_, 22. 374.

_Divini_ makes good Optick Glasses of Rock-chrystal, that had veins (_if he mistook not somewhat else for veins_) 20. 362.

To measure the distance of Objects on earth by a Telescope, undertaken by M. _Auzout_, and others of the _Royal Society_, 7. 123.

How a Telescope of a few feet in Diameter may draw some hundreds of feet, 7. 127.

How a Glass of a small convex-sphere may be made to reflect the Rayes of Light to a _Focus_ at a far greater distance than is usual, 12. 202.

P.

_Parsley_, to make it shoot out of the ground in a few hours, see _Hon. Fabri_ 18. 325.

_Pictures_, a curious way in _France_ of making lively Pictures in Wax, and Maps in a low relieve, 6. 99.

The cause why _Pictures_ seem to look upon all Beholders, on which side soever they place themselves, 18. 326.

Ancient _Paintings_ compar'd with the Modern, and a judgment of the _Paintings_ in several Ages, their perfections, and defects, see M. _Felibien_, 21. 383.

_Petrification_, in the wombs of Women, 18. 320. in a Calf in the Cows womb, 1. 10. _Stones_ found in the heart of the Earl of _Belcarris_, 5. 86. Part of an Elm by incision, or otherwise, _petrified_ a foot above the root and ground, 19. 329. Wood _petrified_ in a sandy ground in _England_; and of a Stone like a Bone or Osteocolla, 6. 101. A _Stone_ of excellent vertues found in the head of a Serpent in the _Indies_, 6. 102. The causes of _Petrification_ inquired, 18. 320.

_Planets_, See _Jupiter,_, _Mars_, _Saturn_, _Sun_, _Moon_; which are turbinated, and which not, 8. 143. To find the true distances of the Sun and Moon from the earth, 9. 191.

_Physitians_ of _China_ commended, see _Medecins_.

_Preservation_, to preserve small Birds taken out of the shell, or other _Fætus_'s, for discoveries, 12. 198.

_Pulses_ of the Sick how diligently, and to what good purposes observ'ed in _China_, 14. 249.

R.

_Rainbows_ strangely posited, 13. 219.

_Raining_ of Ashes, and how, 21. 377.

_Rice_ prospers best in watery places, see _Marishes_, 18. 328.

S.

_Salamander_, how it extinguishes fire, and feeds by licking _Indian_ earth, 21. 377.

_Salt_ by excessive use stiffens, and destroys the body, 8. 138.

_Salt-Springs_, see _Springs_.

_Salt-Peeter_ how made in the _Mogols_ Dominions, 6. 103.

The proportion of _Salt_ in best Salt-Springs; and what grounds or signs of best _Salt_, 8. 136.

_Sea-fluxes_, the cause proposed by way of a new Theory, by Dr. _Wallis_, 16. 263. see _Tydes_.

_Seas_, whether they may be united, 3. 41.

_Silk-Worms_ and _Silk-Trade_ sollicited, 5. 87. and 2. 26. and 12. 201.

_Snakes_, how they differ from Vipers, 8. 138.

_Rattle-Snakes_, how sometimes kill'd in _Virginia_, 3. 43 and 4. 78.

_Snow-houses_ directed, and how to preserve Ice and _Snow_ in Chaffe, 8. 139.

_Springs_, of peculiar note, n. 7. 127. n. 8. 133. 135. and 136. n. 18. 323. {404}

T.

_Taste_, the Organ and Nature of it, 20. 366.

_Thunder_ and Lightning, the Effects examined, n. 13. 222. n. 14. 247.

_Tydes_, the causes proposed, 16. 263. See a further examination by a severe History of Tydes, Winds, and other circumstances directed, n. 17. n. 18. n. 21.

_Trees_ of Oak how found under-ground in Moors or Marishes, 18. 323.

_Thee_, in _China_ and what; how exchanged there for dried leaves of Sage by the _Dutch_, 14. 249.

W.

_Whale-fishing_ about _Bermudas_, and _New England_, how it is performed, n. 1. 11. n. 8. 132.

_Wind_, how to be raised by the fall of water, without any Bellows, 2. 25. shewed in a draught.

_Worms_, that eat holes in stones, feeding on stone, 28. 321.

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_NATURAL METHOD._

I. A Natural History of all Countries and Places, is the foundation for solid Philosophy, _See_ Directions, Inquiries, and Instructions for a Natural History of a Countrey, n. 11. p. 186.

_See_ it in part exemplified in the _History of England_, begun by Dr. _Merret_ in his _Pinax_, 20. 364.

_See_ the cause of Tydes proposed by D. _Wallis_, 16. 263.

_See_ the further Examination by a severe History of Tydes, Winds, and other Concomitants or Adherents, directed, n. 17. n. 18, n. 21.

_See_ the Inquiries concerning the Seas, and Sea-waters, n. 18. 315.

_See_ Directions for Seamen bound for far Voyages, 8. 140.

_Kircher_'s Account of the Subterraneous World, 6. 109.

Mr. _Boyle_'s Directions and Inquires touching Mines, 19. 330.

Philosophical Directions and Inquiries for such as Travel into _Turky_, n. 20. 300.

The Relation of M. _de Bourges_, 18. 324.

M. _Thevenots_ Relation of divers curious Voyages, &c. more particularly of _China_, 24. 248.

The causes of the inundation of the _Nile_, disputed by _Dela Chambre_ and _Vossius_. In the _List of Books_.

_See_ Mr. _Boyle_'s Mechanical Deductions, and Chymical Demonstrations of the _Origine of Forms and Qualities_, 11. 191.

_See_ the Application of these Mechanical Principles more particularly to the Nature, Operation, and Generation of Plants and Animals, and to our humane Contexture, in a Geometrical method, by _Hon. Fabri_, 18. 325.

_See_ Mr. _Boyle_'s History of Cold and Thermometers, n. 1. p. 8. n. 3. p. 46.

The History of Winds and Weather, and all changes of the Air (especially in relation to the weight) observable by the Baroscope, n. 9. n. 10, n. 11.

_Light_, some special search into the causes, and some peculiar Examples. _See_ above in _Light_.

_Petrification_ sollicited, see Petrification, Stone.

The Earths Diurnal Rotation, see Earth _suprá_.

Adventurous Essayes in Natural Philosophy, see _Guarini_, 20. 365.

Earthquakes, and their Concomitants observed, n. 10. n. 11.

The effects of Thunder and Lightning, examin'd, see _Thunder_, n. 13. 222. n. 14. 247.

The raining of Ashes and Sand at great distance from the Mount _Vesuvius_, see _Raine_, 21. 377.

Springs, and Waters of peculiar Note, see _Springs_.

Insects in Swarms how begotten; pernicious, and how destroyed, 8. 137.

Monsters, or Irregularities in Nature. The _Calf_, _Colt_, suprá.

Four Suns at once, and two strange Rainbows, 13. 219.

_See_ the statical position and tendency or gravitation of Liquids, in M. _Boyle_'s _Hydrostatical Paradoxes_, 8. 145.

_See_ in M. _Hooks_ Micrography, a History of minute Bodies, or rather of the minute and heretofore unseen parts of Bodies; it being a main part of Philosophy, by an artificial reduction of all gross parts of Nature to a closer inspection.

_Medicinals_, see Medicine. Physitians, _China_. Friction, Dr. _Sydenham_. Dr. _Lower_, Friction, _suprá._ n. 4. 77. n. 12. 206.

_Anatome_, see _Steno de Musculis & Glandulis_. How a juyce in the stomack dissolves the shells of Crafishes, _ibid._

Graeff _de Succo Pancratico_; that Flesh hath Vessels, n. 18. 316. Blood degenerated to resemble milk, n. 6. 117. The Transfusion of blood, 20. 353. The organ and nature of _Taste_, 20. 366. {406}

_Salt_ too much stiffens and destroys the Body, 8. 138.

II. _Singularities_ of Nature severely examin'd.

The ordering of _Kermes_ for Color. n. 20. 362.

How the _Salamander_ quencheth Fire, and lives by licking the Earth. n. 21. 377.

Whether Swallows do lie under water in Winter, and revive in Summer? n. 19. 350.

Whether the _Hungarian Bolus_ like the _Armenus_? 1. 11.

_Rattle-Snakes_ how kill'd in _Virginia_, 3. 43.

_Snakes_ and Vipers how they differ, see _Snakes_ above.

The Qualities and Productions of _May-dew_, 3. 1.

Damps in Mines how they kill, 3. 44.

Teeth growing in aged persons, 21. 380.

Steams and Expirations of the Body how stopp'd; and the stoppage dangerous or mortal, 8. 138.

Shining Worms in Oysters, 12. 203.

III. _Arts_, or Aids for the discovery or use of things Natural. _See_ Artificial Instruments in the _Table_.

Agriculture, _see_ the Inquiries, 5. 91.

English Vineyards vindicated, see in the _Catalogue of Books_.

Geometry, see _Euclid_ methodized for Facility, _Fermat: in the Catalogue of Books._

Astronomy, see Astronomical Remarks. _Bullialdus_, _Hevetius_, _Comets_, _Planets_, _Saturn_, _Jupiter_, _Mars_, _Sun_, _Moon_, _Eclipses_.

Opticks _see_ that Head in the _Table_.

Picture, _see_ that Head in P. and _Felibien_ in the _Catalogue of Books_.

How to paint Marbles within, _see_ the Head _Marble_.

_Pendulum_ Watches to ascertain _Longitudes_ at Sea, 1. 13.

Whale-fishing about _Bermudas_, 1. 11. and 8. 132.

Silk-trade sollicited in _France_, _Virginia,_ see _Silk_ in the _Table_.

Eeles how to be found in Frosts, 17. 323.

Winds raised to blow by the fall of water without Bellows, 2. 25. shew'd in a _Cutt_.

Elephants enraged, how to escape or subdue, 18. 328.

Seas and vast waters, whether they may be united to the main Ocean, 3. 41.

To proportion the distance necessary to burn Bodies by the Sun; and shewing, why the Reflections from the Moon and other Planets do not burn, 4. 69.

The Art of making _Salt-Peeter_, as practised in the _Mogols_ Dominions, 6. 103.

To make _China_-Dishes, 14. 249. expected from Seigneur _Septalio_ to be made in _Europe_, 7. 127.

To convey blood of one Animal, or other Liquors, into the blood of another Animal, 20. 353.

To preserve Ice and Snow by Chaffe, 8. 138.

To preserve Ships from being Worm eaten, 11. 190.

To preserve Birds taken out of the Eggs, or other small _Fætus_'s, for Anatomical, or other Discoveries, 12. 199.

To allay the heat in hottest Summer, for Diet or Delight, 15. 255.

Remedies against extream Cold suggested, 21. 379.

Trees of Oak as black as Ebony discover'd, and taken up out of Moors and Marshes in draughty weather, 11. 323.

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_Note,_

That though in this last Head there is repeated the _Transfusion_ of Blood, because the Operation is an Art requiring diligence, and a practised hand to perform it for all advantagious Discoveries, and so to be distinguish'd from the _Anatomical_ Account; yet that there is not affected noise and number, may well appear by reviewing and comparing the particulars of _Artificial Instruments_ in the {407} _Table_, where sometimes one Engin or Instrument may minister Aid to discover a large branch of Philosophy, as the _Baroscope_, an _Optick Glass_, &c.

And very particularly M. _Rook_'s directions for Seamen, which specifies Instruments, may hereunto belong.

And sometimes in one of the Discourses herein mention'd, and abbreviated, there are almost as many Artificial Inventions, as Experiments; as in Mr. _Boyle_'s Hydrostatical Experiments: Besides all the Chymical Operations, recited in the _Treatise_ of the _Origine of Forms_, &c.

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Corrections made to printed original.

Page 6, "But that, which he judgeth most remarkable": 'rewarkable' in original.

Page 29, "the strange Phænomena of Glass-drops": 'Grass-drops' in original.

Page 33, "Of the Mineral of Liege": 'Leige' in original.

Page 103, "by the feet of People they tread it": 'traed' in original.

Page 104, "sell us a Maon of 6 pounds": 'a Moan' in original.

Page 109, "Of the Mundus Subterraneus of Athanasius Kircher": 'Athansius' in original.

Page 110, "the Earth, its Heterogeneous Nature": 'Mature' in original.

Page 110-1, "the manifold Productions made therein": 'Produ-actions' in original, across page-break; the catch-word is 'ctions'.

Page 111, "Secondly, of the Transformation of Juices": 'Transforma-on' in original, across line-break.

Ibid., "little Fishes, and Plants are Intombed therein": 'Planets' in original(!).

Page 115, "A Relation of strange Earth-quakes": 'Eath-quakes' in original.

Page 121, "or that none of them burn at this time": 'or or' across two lines in original.

Page 141, "together with all the Accidents": 'Ac-dents' in original, across page-break; the catch-word is 'cidents'.

Page 142, "take exact care to observe the Trade-Winds": 'Trade-Wines' in original.

Page 148, "1/16 at the bottom in diameter": 'the the' in original.

Page 172, "Jupiter turns about his Axis in 9. hours 56. minutes": '9. dayes 56. minutes' in original (which contradicts the rest of the paragraph).

Page 228, "and by better Microscopes": 'bet-bet' in original, across line-break.

Page 243, para. 5. numbered 4. in original.

Ibid., "very distant from one another": 'anothe' in original.

Page 297, "that some understanding Persons at London, or Greenwich, but rather nearer the Sea,": 'that' and 'Sea,' transposed in original (first words of successive lines).

Page 315 (Sidenote), "the Differences of Gravity he might meet with": 'Garvity' in original.

Page 315, "from the greater or lesser Proportion of Salt": 'gteater' in original.

Ibid. "the Stones, Minerals and Vegetables to be found there": 'Vetegables' in original.

Page 315, "the Deity, which we worship": 'Diety' in original.

Page 335, para. 35. numbered 75. in original.

Page 364, "PINAX Rerum Naturalium BRITANNICARUM": 'BRITANIARUM' in original (cf. contents page & volume index).

Page 376, "carry into the Work-house": 'Work-honse' in original.

Page 379, "by Art, or Mechanical contrivance": 'contri-trivance' in original, across line-break.

Page 381, "the Canini of the left Cheek": 'Check' in original.

Page 400, Astronomical Remarks of a New Star: "which Kepler saw A. 1601.": '1661' in original (the remaining dates in this index entry do not well match the article).