The C O N T E N T S. 



Eclipfes ufeful to fettle Chronology ^ and determine Longitudes, 



Page 68. 



Of terreflrial inanimate fimple Bodies , as Elements , commonly fa 

 called: i. Fire, its various Ufes i p. 69, 70. Of Air, its JJfs 

 and Neceffity for breathing to all Sorts of Animals, aquatick as 

 well as t err ef rial; nay, in a fort to Plants themfelves, p. 71, 72, 

 73. ne Effects and Ufes of its Gravity and elaflick ^ality, 



P- 72 7? 



That the Foetus in the Womb hath a kind ofRefpiration, and whence 

 it receives the Air. P- 73» 74, 75. 



That the Air infinuates itfelf into the Water for the Refpiration ef 

 Fifhes, p. 76. and even into fubterraneous Waters, whence it clears 



* the Mines of Da?nps, p. 76, yj. A plafiick Nature necejfary for 

 putting the Diaphragm and Mufcles for Refpiration into motion at 



firft- p. 77. 



Of Water, its Ufes, p. 78, Of the Sea, and its Tides, p. 79. An 

 ObjeBion concerning the Needlefnefs of fo much Sea, of 710 Ufe to 

 Mankind , anfwer d ; and the Wifdom of God in thus unequally 

 dividing Sea and Land, manifefled and ajferted, p. 80, 8 1 . The 

 XJfe of Floods. p. 82, 83. 



That the Winds bring up more Vapours from the Sea than they carry 

 down thither. p. 84, 8 c. 



That the Motion of the Water levels the Bottom of the Sea, p. 8r, 

 The reafon why the Sea Plants grow for the mofi part flat, like a 

 Fan, and none in the great Depths. p. 86. 



Of Springs and Rivers, Baths and mineral Waters. Simple Water 

 nourifheth not. P- 87. 



Of the Earth, its Ufes and Differences. ibj^, 



Cy Meteors, or Bodies' imperfeStly mix'd. And, \. Of Rain, p. 88. 

 2. Of Wind, and its various Ufes. p, oq^ 



Of tnanirnate mix'd Bodies. \. Stones, their ^talities and Ufes, 

 p.- 91 » 92» 93- Particularly of the Loadftone , its admirable 

 Phcenomejia, Effe^s and Ufes, p. 95. 2. Metals, their various 

 Ufes, of great bnportance to Mankind, as Iron, without which we 

 could have had nothing of Culture or Civility ; Gold and Silver for 

 the coining of Money, which how many ways ufeful, is fhezvn out 

 of Dr. Cockburn'j Effays. p. ^6, 97. 



That the minute component Particles of Bodies are naturally indivi- 

 fible, proved. p. cj8, 99. 



0/ Vegetables or Plants, their Stature and Magnitude, Figure, Shape, 

 and Site of Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits, and their Part s; all deter- 

 mind, as alfo their Age and Duration, p. 100, 101. The admi- 

 rable explication of the feminal Plants, p. loi , 102. The Ufes 

 of the feveral Parts of Plants, Roots, Fibres, Vejels, Barks and 

 Leaves y p. 103, 104. -The Beauty and Elegancy of the Leaves^ 



B 4 Flowers j^ 



