A 



JOURNAL 



OF 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



AND 



THE ARTS. 



MARCH, 1805. 



ARTICLE I. 



Hifiorical and Critical Obfervations relating chiefly to the In- 

 vention of the Tele/cope. In a Letter from E. O. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON. 

 SIR, 



ALTHOUGH I was aware that the experiment on the in- IncompreffitiHty 

 compreffibility of water was to be found in Lord Bacon's o{ water * 

 work, yet I was happy to fee that Sir H. Englefield had taken 

 the trouble of reminding your readers of the original inventor 

 of it. I am always glad when I fee any thing which may re- 

 call our attention to the works of our illuftrious countryman. 

 They abound with inftrudion, and, in many inftances, his con- 

 jectures may be compared to the Queries of Sir I. Newton, 

 which contain the foundations of the greateff. difcoveries. 



In the fame paper Sir H. Englefield has given us a very cu- Remarks on the 

 rious pafTage from Kepler j and although I cannot perfuade communications 

 myfelf that he is accurate in his interpretation of it ; yet I Englefield and 

 think the argument has been by no means accurately ftated A1 etes, 

 byAletes*. I fhall therefore beg your permiffion to infer* 

 fome additional remarks on a fubjedt, which certainly poflefles 

 a confiderable (hare of inlereft. I mud beg leave> likewife, 



* Vol. X. p. 92. 

 Vol. X. — March, 1805. L p re . 



