Divisions of Natural Science, 
TABLE 
OF 
CONTENTS. 
VOLUME FIRST. 

CHAP. T. 
Division of Natural Objects into Organised 
and Inorganic. ‘The Chain of Being. 
Peculiar Characters of Inorganic Bodies. The inde- 
pendence of their different parts: their perma- 
nence, and the want of integuments. 
CHAP iT. 
Peeuliar Characters of Organised Bodies. 
1.—Properties of the Vital Principle. 
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Limited in the exercise of its Functions to the pro- 
duction of a Body of a certain Magnitude, Form, 
Structure, Composition and Duration. ; 
Possessed of Irritability. Evidence of this property 
in Plants. Belongs to the fibrous structure, 
Possessed of Instinct. Regulates the supply of 
Food, obviates Difficulties, repairs Injuries, Pro- 
creates. 
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