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three Dlmenfioiis, and is not really diftingnifh't from ^nntity.hc thInTcs, that 'tis cafis 
to demonftrate,there can be no Vacuum in Nature i that Rarefadion is not made but by 
an acquidtion of new matter, &c. Here h« treatethof Gravity, which he maketh to 
confift in thi.'?^ that all the Suht'ik Matter ^ that is between Us and the Moon, being moil 
iwiftly raov'd towards the Earth, driveih down fiich Bodies as ara lefs fwlftly mov'd. 
He difcoufiisth alfo at large of the Nature^ Principle, and Laws of Motion ; of time, and 
Bldce % O^Hardnefs and Flwdity ; olDsnfity and Karity \ of Jfperity and sm9&thnef , &c. 
Ii^oreovcr, hetreatethof the Syfleme of the Uaiverre, endeavouring t© demondrate 
the Creatioii of the World by Natural Reafon^and the Identity ofthe matter oFCeiefliaJ 
» and Terreftrial Bodies. Thence he proceeds to explicate the natui e and motion of the 
Heavens, Planets^ and other Geleftial Bodies ; as alfo tike nature of Light, and Comets, 
&c. which done.he treateth of the Earth, and aiTerts its Motion with fome new argu- 
mentSiashethink'?. Then hsconfiders ths produdions' within and und^rthe Earth ; 
the nature and eff^d? of the Loid ftone; the Flux and R^rflix of the Se ; 5 the nature 
.ofthe Airand ofthe things generated therein > the nature of Fire j of H-at and Cold ; 
of Thunder and Lightniiig,&c. 
After this he undertak-^th the Explication of Man : And therein, f/V/J of the Body of 
Man, its parts and compolition j where he maintains, that all thepnts of \\itfatus ara 
at fifft formed altogether in utero ; and explains. How Nutrition is made ; and ho tht 
Motion ofthe Heart, Arteries and Mufcle5,an4 the Circulation of the Blond is perform- 
ed. Then he goes onto the doctrine of iew/Itf/o», and, am^ng many other parficuiars, 
endeavours to (hew tha^ theHumanSoul receives noth'ng,bur forafmuch as Tne ha h her 
Seat in the Brain,. Which done, hedifcourferh of ViGoa, and Colours, and or the 
Teft of theSsnfes. Secondly ,oHh.z Soul ^^n, whofe Immaterialiiy- and Immort liity 
he isafTerting 5 whereas'lhe ^oul of Sr«te:f, in his opinion, ismserly Mechantcah and 
depends from nothing elle but the difpofition of the Organs and the Influx of ' pirirs. To 
this part he Joins the do<&rine of the Pdt^flw; peculiar TO Man, and afcribabie to h m no. 
©therwife than as he is a compound of Soul and B-*)cly. 
He cencludeth with his JEt/^ifi^^, and flicwjj wherein conflds Man's fuprsam Happinefs, 
the nature of Vertue, and Free Will. 
Ill, dnEJlay to the Ad>vmcement of mVSICK\ Tho. Salmon, it^. ^ London, id;?.. m 8°. 
^He defign of this ElTay is, to advance Miifick^hv caftingaway the Perplexity of Dijfe- 
rentCliffs.and Uniting ail forts of MuCick^Lute.Vscl Violin^Organ.H.trpfe' chord .Voice Jkc, 
inone UniverfalCharailtter. And to give th^ Reader the iudgme'U of an able Mailer in 
this Art concerning this Tra6l:,he may pleafe to take th tt of ;Mr./(?^^* Blrchenjh.%^^% 'tis ex* 
tant in the Preface thereof to ih© Reader>/;?:- 
. H«re is a well-deGgn'd Epitome of Pr/8<^/V/«i Mafick ; For, by this h ippy contrivance, 
ths Cliff i, which were many, are reduced into an Vfuverfal Chara^er 1 tho various Jhifting of^ 
Slates in a SyBeme $r Staff of lines are fixsd ; the necejjtty of their Tr.xnjpofition^ t^tl^eta avj^ty : So 
that he that c^n jing or Flay any one Part^may fing or pUy ad ^mts j and hs^hat Jh-ill kjiowhis 
MBances in. any one Part, may knew them in all parts. 
The fame Matter declaring hereupon, that the benefit of this EiTay will hz Co great ro 
thofe who fliall make ufe of it, that he knows not what to defire more advantagious for 
its acceptanccjthan an Experimental Tryal. Which herewith we recommend to the ingc- 
piouSv Lovers of this Art. Jdvenifement, 
V/yHereas tkeon Smyrnatis, shout ^00 years fincc?, had in a Greek Volume explicated all 
the Mathematical places in P/^toAvhicIi Vohime (as Elmcanus in the end of his iKp- 
J^mdL\Kln AYiHotehslocaMaihematicaid.\lh.} 'jcfephus Amia long ago promi'ed ropuhliili-. 
out.of the r^f/c4M,by hirafclf rendredinto Latin The Piiblidier of thefe Tra6ts\acc^'rd-> 
ing to hi^i engagement for theRefufcitation of obliging Antiquities, and for the Retiau. 
ration and Advancement ofthe Liberal Art3,inquiring,whar was perfontied therein, Ji^vjs 
aiTuredby his Correfpondent horti Paris^XhQ (aid T'/^^cji was there publiih't fome years agi 
that Learned ai^d Worthy perfonJ/m-iJ Suliialdus,\n Greek .-.md L.itin together. 
And now it is time toconfult forthe reprinting of in /ri^lotelis loca r> athe^ 
»j!M^'c-(»,corre(ft@d,and with careful emendations of his l Aathem^xticoYum f hronolovia : That 
iijch as pretend to thegre:'! Nan-es of <<^r /trt/* and P/.ito>raay be in vitcd by 'heir aurho« 
rity and example, to learn thofe Noble Arts. We alfo hope, (hat thofe gep.ero'is Spirits, 
who may have the help of gooc? Libraries, will recorer into publ ck ight the h-z?i v.f An- 
tient writers, iUuftrated by mo.ler i diligence, as we have no v t e F.iements of l^scph.trjm 
jUixmdrmus his Algehm^ mlh the Annotations of i>l , i^ermut and ii.MBachiit&;^,. i.ee N. 72. 
