THE 
PHILOSOPHY 
OF 
ZOOLOGY. 

Tue contemplation of the works of Gob) as exhibited in 
the material world, forms one of the most suitable, gra- 
tifying, and useful employments of his rational creatures. 
These works present themselves to our notice under dif- 
ferent aspects, and require the employment of various me- 
thods for their examination. ‘The results of these investi- 
gations constitute the different branches of Natural 
Science. 
The examination of the forms, magnitudes and motions 
of the heavenly bodies, is the peculiar busmess of the 
Astronomer. In the prosecution of his object, he eunley x 
measurement and calculation, for the purpose of discover- 
ing the laws by which the celestial phenomena are regulated.” 
"The beings which constitute this terraqueous globe, are » . 
subject to various changes, in consequence of their, mus, 
tual actions on one another. ‘These the Experim@ntale ‘Phi-’ 
losopher professes to investigate. When the actions here’ 
referred to are accompanied with obvious motions, but do 
not produce a permanent change in the, constitution of 
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