8 Mechaniga & Optica VI.Sect. 



OCULIHUMANI FABRICA aniBcialis ex ebore efFormata, qv^ tunl 

 cas omnes conientosq^ in illis humores exhibet 



TABULA NAUTICA GIBBA Europ^ Septentrionak 

 Alia generis ejasdem Europse Meridionalis. 



GLOBUS SULPHUREUS , qvi radio ferreo feu axc qvodam drcumagi 

 poteft. Hujus beneficio cxperimenta varia ex principiis magnetico - cle£tricis 

 dependentia tentaiitur,-de qvibusprolixe Ouho Gmricke libn 4. caa i^. dc 

 vaeuofpatio. * 



INSTRUMENTUM ferr eum, artificio peculiari efformatum , pro uvu* 

 la propendente auferenda. HocaNorvego qvodam inDiseceh Bergenfi, re- 

 rum mechanicarum gnaro, excogitatum eft. Lamina ferrea plana,polIi* 

 €um undccim longitudine, in extremitatum altera globulo parvo inftrudta, 

 paullatim ampliaturdonec circamediampartempoUicum trjum latitudineni 

 acqvirat, qvx fcnfim minuitur in eamq^ redigitur auguftiam,utmachinis,ab 

 altera parte lamin^ exiftentibus, pro lubitu extendi & exeri qveat uvulamqs 

 refecandam apte comprehendat. In hac parte clavus extat mobifc qvifcin- 

 dens ferrum,extremitatealtera eiannexum, extendit& retinet tamdiu donec 

 iaxari dcbeat. Clavus hic retinaculis duobus nedlitur, qvorum alterum exten- 

 fum firmat ac retinet, alterum comprelfum laxat, ubi amputanda eft uvula. 

 Unum qvipperetinaculum a clavo truditur dum ferrum extenditur, alterum 

 vero extenfum tenet ferrum fcindens, preffione digiti in extremitate, verfus 

 manubrium , accedente. 



PYXIS, NAUTICiE non diffimilis ex tr^ftu Chinenfi. Fjgurse cft orbicu- 

 ians,ambitu fuo pcdem circiter continens,in diametro polliccs qvatuor cum 

 dimjdio, ex Iigno vernice obdufto cfFormata. In centro ejus foramen eft 

 ciijus fundo lulus mjnutus jnferitur, qvem lamina argentea perforata ambic. 

 Cavit^tota, in qva acus continetur , vitro pellucido clauditur. In ambitu 

 charaetrenbus Smiticis nigns infignitj circuli confpiciuntur. Pvxidem hanc , 

 Jicetnautjc^ limilljma appareat, iortilegamyl^f^r/m/^ Mmmtm appellat Ita 

 qvippe jn cp^iftola d. ^y.Febr. Anm 16^4 ^dmihelmum d Aeire cX2iVat^ 

 qvemadmoaum & jn Hiftona Sjnenfi, de pyxide hac differit : ^od Mtmet 

 • P^^^'^ ex^bcattonem , dico Smenfem effc ac q^am^lmtT^fimiks m 

 Stim ejjcdc fmjji jam anttcptsfims Pempnhm. Namgens lUapjxtdis ufum hahet 

 'jam cpafi a tnhm imlhhm amiM. Non eft autem hoec pjxis nauttca, fed forttle- 

 ga^, Nmttca eymn alta^n hahet formam nec tot charaBerthm tnfnhittir nifi 

 tn exttmo kmho, uht ventorum nomtncL^. Hm ergo forttlega efi, qvam Montt- 

 logttnSmaadhthent^rofekctfefutchrtloco mcpirendo, Infepulchrn emmconftruen- 

 dts?tonmmfi^ fmnptuofiqvamfupcrfttttofiftmperfuere Stn^.putant emm fuh tcrra 

 hraconemjeutnfluxm .^anetates effe.unde cor.caput, ^el caudammqvtrunt ac ft- 

 mthaeo plane modo, quo Chtromanttct ^enas ac Uneamenta manm conftderant tff 

 judtctam AJirologt fiderum afteam. Refert pr^terea Marttntus laudatus cha^ 

 ractercs horarum 6c Ijteras jncjrculo pyxjdjs hums extimo djfpofitasinprimis 

 a ^Miieniious conhderan ubi ^djficia extruent, e Ijteris fecundj cjituIj hoi*as 

 nodhs erui, e tertjo arculo varjafeljcjtatjs& jnfeljcjtatisnomma, m odoa^ 

 xtoli^ qvartj circuli qvatuor mundi plagas indigitari. 



