78 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



instrumentorum motum, pertinere. Res enim (exempli 

 gratia) subtilis est certe et accurata confectio horolo- 

 giorum, talis scilicet, qutv ccrlestia in rotis, pulsuni 

 animalium in motu successivo et ordinato, videatnr 

 imitari ; qtuv tamen res ex 11110 ant altero naturae axio- 

 mate pendet 8 -. 



Quod si qnis rursus subtilitatem illam intueatur, qure 

 ad artes liberates pertinet K { ; ant etiain earn, qua* ad 

 corporum natural ium praiparationem per artcs meclia- 

 nicas spectat, et hujusmodi res snspiciat; veluti inven- 

 tionem motuum coelestium in astronomia, concentuum 

 in musica, literarum alpliabeti (qiuv etiam adhue in 

 regno Sinarum in usu non sunt) in graminatica ; ant 

 rursus in mcchanicis, factorum Bacclii et Cereris, hoc 

 est, pra paratiomim ^ vini et cervisi.T, panificiorum, ant 

 etiam mensa 1 deliciarum, et distillationum, et similinm : 

 ille quoqne, si secnm cogitet, et aniniuin advertat, per 

 quantos temporuni circnitns (cum lure onmia, prater 

 distillationes, antiqua fucrint) lure ad earn, qtiam mine 

 habemus, culturam perdneta sint. et (ut j am de horo- 

 logiis dictum est) qnam parum liabeant ex observa- 

 tionibus et axiomatibus naturas atque qnam facile, et 

 tanqnam per occasiones obvias, et contemplationes in- 

 cnrrentes, ista inveniri potuerint : ille (inqnam) ab omni 

 admiratione se facile liberabit, et potins hnmanae con- 



&quot;- Cf. supr. I. 25. Our object ^ Bacon s &quot; liberal arts&quot; are very 



in prosecuting physical discoveries defective ; and it is singular how 



should l)c twofold; (i) the disco- little a man with his grand imagina- 



very of hitherto unknown powers or tion seems to have been impressed 



forces, such as Galvanism, Electri- by the fine Arts. Cf. supr. I. 7. 



city. Actinism of solar rays ; (2) the 84 pra-parationem is the reading 



application of such powers as we hitherto followed. But in the errata 



are aware of to the requirements of of edit. 1620 Bacon has corrected it 



science and of life, as we may see to prceparationum, which is clearly 



if we consider (e. g.) the origin and better, 

 application of Steam. 



