( 1702 ) 
ty^ ^c, and likewife in its defcriptions of the ufe of fuch Inftni- 
tnents as have been invented, to enable us to judge of them, as the 
Barometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer, ^c. moft of which is 
frcm the Honourable Mr Boyle and the Philofophical Tranf. 
He h^th given an account of Springs and fountains from Capt. 
Ualley and Dr Woo Award. 
In the Art of Botany he hath been very large, giving an account of 
thefeveral kinds of fubalternateS^QQi^s^oi Plants, and their Speci- 
fick difterences, in which he chiefly follows our excellent Botanift 
Mr Ray^ but hathconfulted Mr Tournefort^ alfo MorifomxA other 
Writers on this fubjeft. 
He hath explained the method of calculating of Automata or 
Clock zxA Watch -work from MtDerham^ as alio the terms of Art 
ufed in Painting and Sculpture. 
He has given a Table of-Foffils from the Learned DtWoodward-, 
a Scheme of Metals and Stones from Bp Wilkins real CharaQer ^ 
and a Table of Animals from Mr Ray, 
He has alfo given from Dr Woodward a very large account of 
Vegetation confirmed by very accurate Experiments and Obfervati- 
ons, from all which that matter is fet in a better light than it has 
ever yet appeared in. 
In Chymifiry he hath been very large and particular, explaining the 
Chymical Principles j f^ejfel' "^d degrees of Fire, and hath omitted nopro- 
cefs or Operation of ufe, that he could either meet with in Books, pro- 
cure from his Friends, or had an opportunity of trying himfelf. 
In Heraldry he hath given the entire Art of Blazoning and Marfhalling 
a Coat of Arms; and explained all the Or ^/i«4ry/, Charges ^ Btarings^ &c. 
Iiy FigureSj but hath laid nothing of Families (any further than that 
fuch a Coat belongs to fuch a Name)explaining only the Art and its tcrmis. 
In Logickf Metaphy/tchy EthickSy Grammar, Rhetorid, &c, heisdc- 
fjgnedly very fhort ; giving ufually the bare explication of the Words 
and terms of thofe Arts. 
In Hiflory and Chronology he hath given what properly belongs to them 
as Arts, as an account of the computation of time, the original and 
f cdudion one to another of the fcveral JEra's, Epocha's, Periods, &c. 
As to theL^jy, he has cou<iilted the beft Authors and Didionaries 
in that kind he could meet with, and hath from thence tranfcribed 
abridgedly all that feem'd neceflary, and then had it^amin'd and cor- 
reded by a Perfon of known Ability in that Profeflion. 
Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Waif or d^ Printers to the Royal 
Society^ ^t^z^nnces Arms in St Ptf^fs Church-yard. 1704. 
ADVERTISEMENT, 
T Abies of Intereft for all Rates and Times, newly and exa£Uy 
computed^ by Mr Ifrad ialgate^ at the Bank of England. 
