NOTES 



241 



vol. XII p. 567. (Jul. Petersen, E. Ro= 

 strup). 



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D. GEORGIO HILARIO]/ r= 

 gen Eilersen, Georgius Hilarius (1616— 

 1686) was born at Vordingborg in Den* 

 mark and from 1635 to 1638 studied 

 at the University of Copenhagen, where 

 he graduated in theology. After that he 

 went abroad for some time, returned 

 and lived as a vicar in the country till 

 1641, when he was appointed assistant 

 master at Vor Fvue Skole (Our Lady's 

 School) in Copenhagen, graduating in 

 the same year as Master of Arts. In 1654 

 he was appointed Titular Professor at 

 the University, and in 1672 he became 

 Professor Ordinarius of Mathematics. 

 He had been Steno's teacher, when the 

 latter went to school at Our Lady's. 

 See Dansk biografisk Lexikon, vol. IV 

 p. 464 (S. M. Gjellevup). 



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Stevinus] SzmonSfeWn (1548-1620) 

 an eminent mathematician and mecha* 

 nician, who contributed largely to the 

 foundation of the science of statics. (Biogr. 

 Woordenboek der Nederlanden, vol. 

 XVII 2. p. 1003 and Biographie UnU 

 verselle, vol. LI p. 237.) In Les CEuvres 

 Mathematiques De Simon Stevin de 

 Bruges . . . Par Albert Girard. A Leyde 

 1634. J Livre de la Geographie. p. 110 

 Stevinus, in continuance of and relative 

 to a long Letter written by Hugo Grotius, 

 discourses on the praise of previous 

 scientific contributions, contained in the 

 works of certain classical authors. 



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Crifpini famam] See Horatius, 

 Sermones, I 1, 120. 



ne me Crispini sainia lippi 

 compilasse putes. 



Porphyrius says in his commentary: 

 Plotius Crispinus philosophise studiosus 

 fuit. Idem et carmina scripsit, sed tarn 

 garrula, ut aretalogus diceretur. 



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hunc foe turn] Ed. Lugd. Batav. 1662 

 has hunc factum. 



P. 82. 1. 11-12 from top. 



Whartono innominata dicta] See 

 Adenographia . . . Authore Thoma 

 Whartono. Londini 1656. c.XXVI pp. 

 176—187. Wharton, as was common in 

 those days, described a glanduia lacry= 

 malis and a glanduia innominata. The 

 former is situated in the inner canthus 

 of the orbit and in many mammals is 

 actually a lachrymal gland, correspond 

 ding to the caruncula lacrymalis in man. 

 The latter, glanduia innominata, is situa* 

 ted in the lateral part of the orbit and 

 is the one now called the lachrymal 

 gland. — Wharton, having discussed the 

 various theories concerning the secretion 

 of tears (p. 178) gives his own view (pp. 

 181-182). P. 182: Certumeft, cerebrum 

 in maerore contrahi; &- contractum, alu 

 quid exprimere; cumqve materia tenuior, 

 facta comprejjione, faciliiis exiliat quam 

 craffior; fit, ut ea fie exprejfa valde 

 tenuis fit, apteq; lachrymarum formam 

 fufcipiat. According to Wharton, the 

 tears pass along the nerves into the eye, 

 out of which they pass through minute 

 pores. He does not believe tears to be 

 secreted from his glanduia lacrymalis 

 (carunculus lacrymalis), but still he adds 

 (p. 182): non tamen plane nego, quin 

 aliquae cerebri humiditates per banc par- 

 tem evacuentur. About the function of 

 his glanduia innominata (glanduia lacry- 



