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of Opiats : Where he takes occafioa Co difcourfe of the na* 
turc of Opium it felf, and of the parts wherein the Narcotick 
force coofifts 5 fliewing withall by Experiments^that it works 
cot equally in all Animals^ and particularly not in Doggs, as 
it doth io Gats and Men, teaching alfo the preparation of 
Opium^znd reckoning up the Opiats both of the Aotients and 
Moderns 5 and . further inftrudinghis Reader, that the beft 
Menfirnum for making liquid Landanunt s^ is Spirit of Wine 
impregnated with the volatilized fait of Tartar 5 this having 
a peculiar vcrtue of (peedy diflTolving the mafs of Opium^ ot 
taking a Ruby-like tinfture, and of Ibmewhat fubduing its 
Narcotick fulphur^and taking away its ftrong ftnclU He con- 
cludes the whole with his dcfcripiion and opinion of Helmonts 
Laudanum 5 and with his thoughts ol tobacco and Coffee, 
ll.JohannisHevelii iJi>4^H/N.« CMLESTIS Pars prior, OR- 
GAliOGRATHIAM ASTRONOMIC AM plnrimis Iconibus H- 
lujiratam exornatam exhibeni.drcXjtddim^ i6y^,in foL 
'^'^He famous Author of this Work, having given us in the 
JL Preface a learned Accoropt of the Origin and Progrefi 
of Aftrotiomyjand of the Succcffion of the chief Aftronomcrs 
from the beginning, (amongft whom he accounts the moft 
eminent to have been Hipparchus ^ Ttolomy^ CoperKkus aud 
Brake '^^ and having alfo taken notice of the Advanceraent 
made of that Science in our Age,in England fier many, France, 
I/tf//,&c, and confider'd withall ^ that without a due Refti. 
tudon of the F/;c^ Stars to their places, nothing confidcrabk 
abd accurate could be perform'd by Aftronomcrs for efta« 
blifhiog the Motion of the Planers, and for perfediog Aftro- 
nomy 5 He tells us,that hercfolved to addift himfelf with all 
care and diligence to that work:For the profccution of which, 
a great Apparatus ol Inftruments being requifite, he giveih us 
in MsVolufg^e an ample Defcription of themjtogether with his 
way of examining and rcftifying the fame : Referving the Ob- 
firvations thcmfelves for another Volume 3 which he intimates 
to be already committed to the Prefix 
InthisTi^i^ethen^ he /r/? treats in general of the lottru- 
raents ufed both by the Antients and Moderns^and of what is 
chiefly remarkable in them. Secondly, \it dcfcribcs m pariicu- 
A a a a a a a lar 
