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perforated ; but Mr. Pcntana proves, that his mi- 

 crofcopcs, though magnifying the objedls greatly, 

 Jiave produced an optical illufion. Moreover, he 

 fcas ptxblimed a fyftem of Natural Philofophy, in 

 eight volumes in octavo, wh'erein he has infer ted 

 an hiftory of the three natural kingdoms. It is a 

 good book in itfelf, and valuable on account of 

 many good figures of animals. 



Abate Getano Bottis pofiMTes a rich and exqui- 

 Cte colleelion of all the productions of Vefuvius, 

 and its different modern eruptions. He has given 

 two treatifes on Vefuvius, under the titles of, Ra- 

 gienamento tftorieo iniorno a" nuovi Vnlcani com-parjt 

 xeRa fine del anno 1760. Napoli, 176.1, 4to. And 

 Ragionammto del incendio del Vefitvio accaduto ncl 

 taefe d'Otfobre 1767. Napoli, 1768, ^to. 



Mr. Rocco Bouij profeflbr at Salerno, a native 

 of Tarento, is author of, Differfaziene Italiana e 

 Francefe fepra la fraduztone de Coralti e rifle ffiorn 

 criticbe fepra i Polypi, creduti coftruttori de wedejtmi 

 Ccratti. Firenze, 1769, 8vo. He looks upon Po- 

 lypes not as animal flowers, but as accidental in- 

 habitants of corals *. 



Mr, Luigi Girafdi, antiquarian of the King of 

 Denmark, lives in the ifland Capri, and has a 

 thought of publilhing its Antiquities and Natural 

 Coriofities. 



* Mr. Softer In bans fulfecivis fupports the faraeopjDU>n. 



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