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auxiliantur sensui. Cum enim omnis interpretatio na- 

 tnrce incipiat a sensu ; atque a seiisuum perceptionibus, 

 recta, constant!, et munita via, ducat ad perceptiones 

 intellectus, quiv sunt notiones vera; ct axiomata : ne- 

 cesse est, ut (man to magis copiosnc et exacts fuerint 

 repraesentationes, sive pnubitiones ipsius sensus, tanto 

 omnia cedant facilius et felicius. 



Ilarum autem quinque instantiarum la?npadis, pri- 

 mar u roborant, ampliant, et rectificant actiones sensus 

 immediatas : secundai deducunt non-sensibile ad sen- 

 sibile : tertm* indicant processus continuatos sive series 

 earum rerum et motuum, qua) (ut plurimum) non no- 

 tantur, nisi in exitu ant periodis : quarta 1 aliquid sub- 

 stituunt sensui in meris destitutionibus : quiiihu exci 

 tant attentionem sensus et advertentiam, atque una 

 limitant subtilitatem rerum. Do his autem singulis 

 jam dicendum est. 



XXXIX. 



Inter prterogativas instantiarum, ponemus loco de- 

 cimo sexto utxtantids janua; sive portce : eo enim no 

 mine eas appellamus, qua 1 juvant actiones sensus im 

 mediatas. Inter sensus autem manifestum est partes 

 j)Hmas tenere visum, (juoad informationem : quare huic 

 sensui pruecipue auxilia conquirenda. Auxilia autem 

 trij)licia esse }&amp;gt;osse videntur : vel ut percipiat non 



;il The ist (Janua?) provide In- process of Nature that it is not 



strumental aid, like the Telescope, &quot; per saltum.&quot; 



&c., to increase and improve the The 4th (Supplement!) supply 



impressions of sense. information where the senses fail. 



The and (Citantes) enlarge our He instances Magnetism, 



sphere of sensible appreciation. The 5th (Persecantes) penetrate 



Such would be the Air-pump, the into the subtle nature of things, and 



Barometer, or the Electrical Ma- excite the attention of the senses to 



c hi ne . subtle facts, which before they were 



The 3rd (Vise) shew the gradual wont to neglect. 



