TO 



JOSEPH JACKSON LISTER, ESQ., F.R.S., &c., 



TO WHOSE LABOURS IN PERFECTING THE 



Irjirnraatic (0nni|rattEi 3liirrnED]iB, 



SCIENCE IN ENGLAND IS SO DEEPLY INDEBTED, 



THIS TREATISE IS DEDICATED, 



■WITH FEELINGS OF RESPECT, 



BY HIS FEIEND, 



THE AUTHOR 



