THE TABLE.
Pag.
Observat. 1.Of the point of a Needle.
2A Description of it:what other
Bodies have the sharpest points:
of the ruggedness of polisht Metal.A
3description of a printed point.Of very
small writing, and the use of it for
secret intelligence: the cause of the
coursness of printed lines and points.
Observ. 2.Of the Edge of a Razor.
A description of it: the causes of
5its roughness: of the roughness of very
well polisht Optick Glasses.
Obser. 3.Of fine Lawn.
A description of it: A silken Flax
mention'd, an attempt to explicate the
6Phænomena of it, with a conjecture
at the cause of the gloss of Silk.
Observ. 4.Of Tabby.
A short description of it. A conjecture
7about the reason why Silk is so
susceptible of vivid colours:and why
Flax and Hair is not. A conjecture,
that it may perhaps be possible to spin
a kind of artificial Silk, out of some
glutinous substance that may equalize natural Silk.
Observ. 5.Of water'd Silks.
The great unaccurateness of artificial
works. A description of a piece of
9water'd Silk; an Explication of the
cause of the Phænomena: the way by
which that operation is perform'd:
10some other Phænomena mention'd
depending on the same cause.
Observ. 6.Of Glass-Canes.
The exceeding smallness of some of
these Bodies. By what means the hollowness
of these small pipes was discover'd:
11several Phænomena of it mention'd.
An attempt to explicate them
12from the congruity and incongruity of
13Bodies: what those proprieties are. A
hypothetical explication of fluidity: of
14the fluidity of the air, and several other
15Phænomena of it: of congruity & incongruity;
16illustrated with several Experiments:
17what effects may be ascrib'd
18to these properties: an explication of
the roundness of the surface of fluid
19Bodies: how the ingress of fluid bodies
20into a small hole of an heterogenious
body is hindred by incongruity; a
21multitude of Phænomena explicable
hereby.Several Quæries propounded;
1. Concerning the propagation of light
22through differing mediums.2. Concerning
Gravity.3. Concerning the
roundness of the Sun, Moon, and Planets.
4. Concerning the roundness of
Fruits, Stones, and divers artificial
23Bodies. His Highness Prince Rupert's
24way of making Shot. Of the roundness
of Hail. Of the grain of Kettering
25Stone, and of the Sparks of fire.5. Concerning
springiness and tenacity.
266. Concerning the original of Fountains;
several Histories and Experiments
27relating thereto.7. Concerning
the dissolution of Bodies in Liquors.
288. Concerning the universality of this
Principle: what method was taken in
making and applying experiments. The
