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judiciales, et in casibus nonnullis instantias oraculi, et 

 mandati, appellare consuevimus. Earum ratio talis 

 est. Cum in inquisitionc naturae alicujus, intellectus 

 ponitur tanquain in sequilibrio, ut incertus sit, utri na- 

 ttirarnm e duabus, vel quandoque pluribus, causa na 

 ture inquisite attribui aut assignari debeat, propter 

 compluriiini naturarum concursuni frequentem et ordi- 

 narium ; instant ice crucis ostcndunt consortium unius 

 ex naturis (quoad naturam inquisitam) fidum et indis- 

 solubile, alterius auteni varium et separabile ; unde 

 tenninatur quaistio, et recipitur natura ilia prior pro 

 causa, missa altera et repudiata. Itaque hujusmodi 

 instantitv sunt maxima} lucis, et quasi magnae auctori- 

 tatis ; ita ut curriculum interpretations quandoque in 

 illas desinat, et per illas perficiatur. Interdum autem 

 intitnntue crucis illai occurrunt ct inveniuntur inter 

 jampridem notatas ; at ut plurimum nova; sunt, et de 

 industria atque ex composite quaisitoc et applicatae, et 

 dilifirentia sedula et acri tandem erutoe. 



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(1.) Exempli gratia; sit natura inquisita fluxus et re- 

 fluxus maris 7 illc bis rcpctitus in die atque sexhora- 

 rius, in accessibus et recessibus singulis, cum differentia 

 nonnulla qua? coincidit in motum lunae : bivium circa 

 hanc naturam tale est. 



and of its property of combining from Bacon s sight. And yet his 

 \vithmetalswhentheyarecalcined. language on &quot;vis magnetica de- 

 Account of the Nov. Org. published super eas&quot; looks as if he were 

 in the Library of Useful Know- groping about in the right direc- 

 ledge, part ii. p. 21. For another tion. Tides are really nothing but 

 good illustration, viz. the Torricellian the great Primary Wave, which, in 

 discoveries of the pressure of the obedience to lunar attraction (and at 

 air, see Herschel s Discourse, 246. certain stated periods) lunar and 

 7 The Tides. There is a disqui- solar attractions together, rises and 

 sition on them, placed by Gruter sinks in the Ocean. There are 

 among Bacon s Materials for the Tides in the Air to correspond to 

 1 1 Ird part of the Installation. The those in the Ocean; and from the 

 Tides are a corollary of the great same causes, For Bacon s guesses 

 law of Attraction, which was hidden in the right direction, see inf. II. 45- 



