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A well-purged History of Nature in her extent; or the 

 phenomena of the universe. 



Inductive History ; or historical matters consequentially de- 

 ducted from phenomena, facts, observations, experiments, arts, 

 and the active sciences. 



An Universal Literary History; or the affairs relating to 

 learning and knowledge, in all ages and countries of the world. 



Biography ; or the lives of all eminent persons. 



The History of Prophecy ; or the accomplishment of Divine 

 predictions, to serve as a guide in the interpretation of proph- 

 ecies. 



The Philosophy of the Ancient Fables ; or a just interpreta- 

 tion of the mythology of the ancients. 



Primary Philosophy ; or a collection of general axioms, sub- 

 servient to all the sciences. 



Physical Astronomy; or a philosophical history of the 

 heavens. 



A Just Astrology ; or the real effects of the celestial bodies 

 upon the terrestrial. 



A Calendar of Doubts ; or natural problems, to be continued 

 through all ages, along with a calendar of vulgar errors. 



A Collection of the Opinions of the Ancient Philosophers. 



An Inquiry into the Simple Forms of Things ; or that which 

 constitutes their essences and differences. 



Natural Magic ; relative to the doctrine of forms. 



An Inventory of Knowledge ; or an account of the stock of 

 learning among mankind. 



A Calendar of leading Experiments ; for the better interpre- 

 tation of nature. 



Short and commodious Methods of Calculation, in business, 

 astronomy, etc. 



The Doctrine of Gesture ; or the motions of the body, with a 

 view to their interpretation. 



Comparative Anatomy betwixt different Human Bodies. 



A work upon Incurable Diseases, to lessen their number, and 

 fix a true notion of incurable in medicine. 



The Laudable Means of procuring easy Deaths. 



A set of approved and effectual Remedies for Diseases. 



The Ways of Imitating Natural Springs and Bath Waters. 



The Filum Medicinale ; or Physician's Clue in Prescription. 



A Natural Philosophy fundamental to Physic 

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