i i 4 Mijcellanea Curio/a. 



Senfes of Seeing and Hearings as $o their Im- 

 provements. I mean, by (hewing, that this lat- 

 ter of Hearing is capable of all thofe improve- 

 ments which the Senfe of Seeing has receiv'd 

 from Art, befides many more advantages that 

 the Ear may enjoy, by the help of our Do- 

 ctrine, above the Eye all which moreover will 

 be of as great benefit to Mankind, as any thing 

 that Of rich) have yet difcover'd, if not of grea- 

 ter j which, with fbme other pre-eminencies 

 that it has upon another Score, will happi- 

 Jy render Acouftickj the nobler Science of the 

 two. 



Jn order to the making good what I but now 

 premifed of the Companion of thefe two Faculties 

 of Seeing and Hearing, as to their Improvements, 

 I obferve; 



That Vificn is threefold, DireB, RefraBed, and 

 J^eflex'd ; anfwerahle whereunto we have OpticJ^ 

 T)ioptric\$, and Catoptrickj. 



In like manner Hearing may be divided into 

 BireB, grafted and Reflex "d ; whereto anfwer 

 three parts of our Doctrine of Acouftickj, which 

 are yet namelefs, unlefs we call them Acouftickj, 

 Diacouflickh and Catacoufticks , or ( in another 

 Senfe, but to as good Purpofe) Phonickji Diapho- 

 nickj, and Catapbonickj. 



i. Direct Vifion has been improv'd two ways, 

 ex parte Objecti, and ex parte Organi vel Me- 

 dii. 



i . Ex parti ObjeBi, Direct Vifion has receiv'd 

 advantages by the Arts of Producing, Conferring 

 and Imitating Light and Colours, which are the 

 Objects of Vifion. 



h For the Art of Producing Light, we have 

 the Frication of all hard Bodies that beget 

 Fire: efoecially of the Flint and Steel; and 

 r J inftead 



