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production of cold, nourishing of young creatures in 

 the egg or womb, prolongation of life, the media of 

 sound, infectious diseases, accelerating and prevent- 

 ing putrefaction, accelerating and staying growth, 

 producing fruit without core or seed, production of 

 composts and helps for ground, flying in the air. 



In the New Atlantis, a work of imagination, Bacon 

 had represented as already achieved for mankind 

 some of the benefits he wished for : artificial metals, 

 various cements, excellent dyes, animals for vivisec- 

 tion and medical experiment, instruments which gen- 

 erate heat solely by motion, artificial precious stones, 

 conveyance of sound for great distances and in tor- 

 tuous lines, new explosives. " We imitate," says the 

 guide in the Utopian land, " also flights of birds ; we 

 have some degree of flying in the air ; we have ships 

 and boats for going under water." Bacon believed in 

 honoring the great discoverers and inventors, and 

 advocated maintaining a calendar of inventions. 



He was a fertile and stimulating thinker, and much 

 of his great influence arose from the comprehensive- 

 ness that led to his celebrated classification of the 

 sciences. 



REFERENCES 



Bacon's Philosophical Works, vol. rv, Parasceve, edited by R. L. 



Ellis, J. Spedding, and D. D. Heath. 

 Karl Pearson, Grammar of Science. 

 J. A. Thomson, Introduction to Science. 



