182 NOVUM ORGANUM. 



(pins minus) rotineat calorem, ita ut tangi non 

 possit/ . 



40. Quo minor cst corporis moles, eo citins per corpus 

 calidum approximatum incalescit ; id quod demon- 

 strat oiniiem calorem apud nos esse corpori tangi- 

 bili quodammodo adversum 10 . 



41. Caliduni, quatenns ad sensum et tactum humanum, 

 res varia cst et rcspectiva : adeo ut aqua tepida, si 

 m an us f rigore occupetur, sentiatur esse calida ; sin 

 nianus incaluerit, frigida. 



XIV. 



Quam inoj)cs simus historias quivis facile advertet, 

 ciiiu in titliiilis siij)erioril)us, pra-terquam ([nod loco his- 

 toria&amp;gt; probata 1 et instantiarum certarum nonnunquain 

 tnulitiones et relationes inscramus, (semj)er taincn ad- 

 jecta (1 tibia fidei et auctoritatis nota) sivpemimero 

 etiam liisce verbis, Wat experiment um, vel Inquiratur 

 nlteriii.s, uti cogaimir 11 . 



XV. 



Atque opus et oflicium liarum trium tabularum 

 Comparentiam instantiarum ad intcllcctum vocare con- 

 suevimus. Facta antem comparentia&amp;gt; in opere ponerida 

 est ij)sa indndio. Invenienda est enim, super compn- 

 ri ntiam omnium et singularum instantiarum, natura 

 talis, qiur cum natura data perpetuo adsit, absit ; atque 

 crescat, et decrescat ; sitque (ut superius dictum est) 

 limitatio naturae magis communis 12 . Hoc si mens jam 



9 All this of course is accounted from the greater density; i.e. from 

 for by the greater density of stones the number of particles to l&amp;gt;e heated, 

 and metals. n The constant correction which 



10 Wrong again for the same rea- Bacon s Tables require needs but 

 son. Solid bodies are the best con- little apology ; and they who are 

 ductors of Heat ; and the longer hard upon him might well recollect 

 time which bodies of greater mass this Aphorism. 



take in growing hot, arises entirely ia Cf.supr. II.4,&c. Appendix E. 



