& THE HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY, 



was not until long afterwards, that thcfe fcicnct* 

 were found independent of each other in Eu- 

 rope. The celebrated Tycho Uruhc, not only 

 uttcndcdto the motions of the planets, hut had 

 a laboratory alfo, in which he tried experiments 

 upon eurtby fubftances by fire. The great 

 Newton, too, when roiling from his hnmcnfe 

 labours, .employed bimfolf occasionally in che- 

 mical operations. There are, belidt"-., many 

 other iniiances which we need not mention. 



In the mean timeeurope overrun with f warms 

 of bnrbruians, whole fava^e third of wealth led 

 them to ravage and dellroy v, hcrevrr they came, 

 w;r< lilmolt wholly ibrfakcn by the liberal UIIN. 

 'I he Mufes iiy from Gotii^ uud Vuiulals. Ciluuies 

 ihe Gicnr, however, \\\c m*ll powerful priiio: 

 Ht that time, offered them h:^ protcclioa ; and 

 ir is in a '^rent ineafurc to liie expeditions under - 

 taiicii lor the lake of religion, that \\e urc in- 

 debted for t)u ir utcovory. Thcfe v.t-re begun 

 about the end uf the i ith century; and piin- 

 jnij; liii entry amoti^ ihe Arabian 4 !, uiibrdcd tin: 

 t'.i:r>pviius an (.pportunily of c^mcrting their 

 liteiary trtiifures lo thoir o\vn ule. \Vhe;i Coa- 

 ilantiiH.pie was taken by the Clirhlianu in the 

 yen;* i -C5, a coniiderable number of inuimfcripLs 

 .^ade tiieir \\ay into Lur^pe, where a '.'/eat puit 

 .-jf thrill wasgradiKilly tranllatcd into a more ge- 

 neral h'.ncMiage. About tin; >car ;^^c,thc Km- 

 Kior 1'rcderii; II. turiud }:i-i atlei;u.u to th*; 



