f , whether there be any ground of hope from Experiments to- 
wards this Work? 
4. Whetherj iffuch jirts {kali hereby happen to multiply, they 
are likely to prejudice thofe Trades, that are already fctled } 
In thefe idrticulars our Author doth fo anfwer his Readers doubts, 
thit it will cafily be granted him. That it is not a vain or impoffible 
Dcfign, to endeavour the incrcdfe of Mechankk contrivances 5 that 
the cnterprife is proper for a Mixt A([emblj of Experienced Naiura-^ 
lifts and Mnhematicians 5 that the Courfe which the Rojal Socistf ob- 
fervcstowards itj will be effeduil J and the Iucrea[e offuch opera- 
i/i^^f/jinoffenfive to others oftbe fame kind 3 that have been formerly 
difcovered. 
Hence he proceeds to (Tiew, That tbefe Experiments are a proper 
ftudy for the Gentlemen oiM% Nation, in which he finds them already 
well engaged : As alfo^ that they will be beneficial to our Wits and 
Writers y who* if truly worthy men, will find in the wsrks oi Nature 
an inexhauftible Treafure for Fancy and Invention^ which will be dif- 
clofed prpportionably to the increafe of their knowledge : Further, 
that they are advantageous to the Intereft of the Nation, by enlarging 
the Trade and Pojd^sr thereof. 
Upon which and feveral other accounts (not poflible to be contra- 
died hefpj our /5ri^<?ri4;^ conQludes his Dsfceurfe^ with giving ns a Cii- 
;f4%f^epf thofe, which at this prefent compofc the Royal Society, a- 
mountingto near two hundred § whereof the Kings Majefty is Founder 
and Patron. Among the Fellms are three of the Greatcft Princes of 
JE^sir^/^^jhisRoyal Highnefsthe Dde o(T0rk 5 his Highoefs Prij^ce Ru- 
fert^Co\mi ^^B\mnt QixhQ Rhine % ^nd his Highnefs F^ri/;?4>^^^ Jli?eri» 
DukQ oiBrunfwick Ltmenbtirg : then, the two Archbifhtfs of 
glandy and four B Jh^ps 5 Pukes^ Marqueffes^ Earls, r//?^/^^^, and 
M/fr^ns^Englifh and Scotch^twmty nine s of Knights ^thiny five 3 of 
B&'Birs and BauheH&rs oi Divinity^ kmtQQn of D&fi&rs and Candi- 
iaies of Phjfuky twenty one 1 of Efquires^ and other Gmtlemcn^ and 
Merchants^ fixtV four \ of grangers, fixtecn. 
After the Eiumeracion of which, he recommends this U^'d'naki?^g 
to the EnglifJ) Nation 5 to the brave fi people^ the moft gem^Qm T)t{ign^ 
wliich at once regards the difcQverlng ofNctv (ecrets,md the P-^'nfjir^g 
and Repairing all the profitable things of Antiqniy : and I.-ctq !ie rc- , 
prefents, that if now this Enterprife fliould chance to tail for want of 
Patronage and RcvenM^ the World would nor.only bv&tiftrarcJ of 
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