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Bodies, both Superiour and Inferiour; and is divided again into six Books, whereof the first considers the Universe in general; the second is to discourse of Place, Vacuum, and Time, things as general as the World; the third, of the material Principles of all Bodies; the fourth, of their efficient Cause; the fifth, of their natural Qualities; and the sixth, of Motion, Generation, and Corruption of Bodies inanimate and animate.
The second part is to examine the Celestial Bodies. The third shall treat of the Terrestrial, viz. the Elements, Meteors, Minerals, Plants, Brutes, Men.
Of this Work is now printed the first Book of the first Part, consisting of five Dissertations.
The first is about the preliminary Questions of Physiology. The second inquireth whether the Universe is compounded of many Worlds. The third is of the System of the World, its Magnitude, and Figure. The fourth examins, whether the World be animated? The fifth, whether it hath been or could be from Eternity? The sixth is concerning the End of the World.
Horum Prior, Syntheticus, agit de Genuinis Matheseos Principiis in genere; in specie autem de Veris Geometriæ Elementis hucusque nondum traditis.
Posterior, Analyticus, de Methodo Compositionis, atque Resolutionis fuse differit; & multa nova complectitur, quæ subtilissimam Analyseos Artem mirum in modum promovent.
Errata, forgot to be corrected sooner.
In № 28. Pag. 521. lin. 22, 23. r. She took dog (even before the wound was heal'd up) was with puppy. P. 525. l. 8. r. Answers that shall. ibid. l. 20. r. Mineral Queries. P. 532. l. 18 dele viz. P. 535. l. 2. r. impelled at the Nose. ibid. l. 15. r. Grand poisson.
In № 29. P. 541. l. 18. r. An intimation. P. 544. l. 5. r. from the Indexes. ibid. l. 22. dele and as. P. 545. l. 21. r. breath out. P. 548. l. 18. r. with wind or.
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