This fuppofed , Jie.eafiiy gives an account, why the Nile yesir- 
Ij overflows about the end of ffine : For, as at that time there falls much 
rain in zy£thiopi4, it muft needs be,that the Nile, whofe fource is in that 
Country, fhould then overflow, whcR thofe rains begin,and fubfide^when 
iheyceafe* 
There are befidcs, inthis Book, two other TraUls,\n the firfi^lA^fof- 
^;^> endeavours ta maintain the Doftrine, he had deliverM in his Book 
peLumme^ and tofhew, thatthe5'e«/ of Animals is nothing but Fire , 
that there are noinvifible Atoms ^ nor fo much as any Pores, even in^c 
Skin of man.Here he treats 2Mo o{ Refractions, and alledges the Examples 
offeverai perfons, who have then feen the Sun by the means of Refrafti- 
oti, when really He w as under the Horiz^on. 
liithe fecend. He difcourfes of fome points of the Mechanic k/ -^ and 
r^lates^araong other things^ that the Arrom ^ni battering Rams {Ari" 
es) ofthe AntieritS did as much execution, zsom Mnskets and Canons 
and then^tliat the Vehemence of the percuffion depends as much upon the 
Length of the percutient Body, as upon the velocity of the Motion. He 
adds, that the Length of a Canon ought not to exceed 13 foot, and that 
agreater length is not onely ufelefs,but hinders alfo the effeft of the Gun, 
not becaufe the Bullet is thrown out of the Gun, before all the powder 
is fired (as fome believe 5) but be^^aufe the Bullet is then beaten back in- 
to the Gun by the Air , re'cntring into it with impecuofity, when the 
flame is extinft^ 
m. L'E- Vise ERNE ME NT DV CORPS ET DE V 
A ME , par M. de Cordemoj* k 
This French Treatife (but very lately come to the FMiJhers hands) 
examines the different Operations of the Soul and Body, and the Secret 
©f their Union , pretending to difcover to every one, what he i?, 
and what is- tranfading within him. It confifts of fix Dif- 
courfes. 
I . In the prfl, the Author examii'ies the Notions, we have in generAl oi 
£§dies and Matter 5 of ^antkj)^ Qualities • of Fdace • of Reft ; of 
Motion \ of J^acuitj • of Forms : to fhew what is to be underftood by , 
rhefe Terms, which caufe all the perplexity that is in the ordinary 
Fhyfickj, He begins with taking notice, that bi.hcrto Vhilofophrs have 
had no diflinEl: notions of Bodies and Matter ^ from the want whereof 
he conceives, that almoft all-^the Errors in CoiasBon Fhjfiohgj have 
fprung. 
