Book 1. concerning Gravity; and in the Fourth, Page 16. and 18. I inferted two Paffages out of Seneca, that were inadvertently left out, and corrected many Things, that upon a careful Review, feem'd to want amendment. And lastly, as to the following Analysis, it was added at the Requeft of fome of my learned and ingenious Friends; and although it might have been contracted, they would not fuffer it to be fo. AN A N ANALYSIS T OF THE Following BOOK. HE Works of the Creation relating to our Terraqueous (Outworks or Appendages of the Globe, viz. these three: (1. The Atmosphere Compofed of Air and Vapours, Page 4. Useful to Winds, which are of great Ufe and Neceffity To the Salubrity and Pleasure of the Air 14. In Navigation. Clouds and Rain: Of great Use to the Fountain 26. Wonderful Neceffity and Ufe. Improvement by Glaffes 28. Expanfion 29. 3. Gravity. Its great Benefit 33. Caufe of Levity, which is of great Ufe in the World 35. Terraqueous Globe it felf. Of which I take a View in General of, Its Spherical Figure, which is the most commodious in regard of, Its Place and Distance from the Sun, and other heavenly Its Diftribution, fo as to caufe all the Parts of the Globe to Be helpful to one another. The great Variety and Quantity of all things ferving for Food, Phyfick, Building, and every Ufe and Occafion of all Ages, Places, and Creatures 53. An Objection anfwered 55. Particular of the Earth of its "Conftituent Parts, viz. Its (Soils and Moulds, neceffary to the SGrowth of various Vegetables 61. Various Occafions of Man, and other Animals 62. Various Strata or Beds, affording Materials for Tools. Firing. Dying, and thousands of other things 64. Conveyance of the sweet Fountain-Waters 65. Subterraneous Caverns and Vulcano's; of great Ufe to the Mountains and Valleys, which are not rude Ruins,but Works The moft Salubrious: to fome Conftitutions, the Hills to fome, the Valleys 71. Beft to fkreen us, and other things 72. Beneficial to the Production of various Vegetables. Harbour and Maintenance of various Animals 73. Abfolutely neceffary to the Conveyance of the Rivers; Con Conclufion against blaming GOD 8r. Its Inhabitants; which are either Senfitive or Infenfitive. Concerning the Senfitive, fome things are (Common to all the Tribes, particularly these Ten: (I. The five Senfes and their Organs; the 85. (Eye, an admirable Piece of Mechanism in regard of its Form, for the moft part Spherical, which is best for SThe Reception of Objects. Motion of the Eye 90. Situation in the most commodious part of the Body of every Creature. Motion, in fome Animals, SEvery way. Fixed; and the excellent Provifion in that case 91. Size: which is in All Creatrures, according to their Occasions. Number, in fome Animals: Two 94. More: Together with the wife Provision to pre vent double Vision. Parts; fome of which are viewed Tranfiently, the Arteries, Veins, and fome of the Muscles and Tunicks. More ftrictly fome of the Muscles, and the excellent Provifion made for their peculiar Ufes, Equilibration, ʊć. 96. Tunicks: Among which the various Apertures, Forms, and Pofitions of the Pupil are particularly noted 99. Humours, especially the prodigious, Finery and Compofition of the Crystalline, according to Mr. Lewenhoeck. Nerves 105: Motory. Guard and Security, provided for by "The Reparation of the Aqueous Humour. Covering of the Eye Lids. Strong and curious Bones. Hard and firm Tunicks. Withdrawing them into their Heads 109. Of ere& Vifion III. Hearing. Its (Double, enabling us to hear every way, and a good Provifion for the Lofs or Hurt of one. Situated in the very beft place for Information, (Outward Ear, which is in All Creatures formed, guarded, placed, and every way accoutered according to their various Places and Occafions 115. 1 Man fuitable to his erect Pofture; and all its Parts, the Helix, Tragus, Concha, &c. admirably fuited to the Reception and Meliorati on of Sounds, and the Security of the Part. Inward Ear: In which I take a View of the 121. (Auditory Paffage, curiously tunnelled, tortu ous, and fmooth; and being always open, is lined with the naufeous Ear-wax for a Guard, Tuba Euftachiana 122. Bone, particularly hard and context for Guard, and to affift the Sound. Tympanum, and its Membrane, Mufcles, and four little Bones to correfpond to all kinds. of Sound. Labyrinth, Semicircular Canals, Cochlea; all made with the utmoft Art 127. Auditory Nerves, one of which is ramified to the Eye, Tongue, Mufcles of the Ear, and to the Heart; whence a great Sympathy between thofe Parts 128. Object, Sound. Under which I confider, The Improvements thereof by the Wit of Man 129. Its Pleasure, and the Power of Mufick 134. Smelling. In which fenfe these things are remarkable; the Noftrils,always open,cartilaginous,and endowed with Muscles 137. Laminæ, ferving for SA Guard againft noxious Things 138. Prodigious Ufe of it in all, efpecially fome of the Ir rationals 139. Tafte. The Things moft remarkable in which Senfe are, the (Nerves fpread about the Tongue and Mouth, with their Guard. The Papillæ, neatly made 140. |