Chapter XIII: Part 13

[64] In order to justify my placing the testimony of this Father so high, I would observe, that St. Jerome (_De Scriptor. Eccles._) says, that Lactantius--_Extremâ senectute magister Cæsaris Crispi filii Constantini in Gallia fuit_. He must probably have exercised this charge between _anno Christi_ 309, when Constantine began to reign, and 320. If he was then of a great age, he might have composed the treatise, out of which this authority is produced, and which was one of the earliest of his works, that are extant (_Vid. Sparkii præf. ad Lactant._), 40 years before, _viz._ about _anno Christi_ 280; which brings us up to 200 years after the overthrow of Herculaneum, as above.

[65] Lib. i. c. 20. See this subject largely discussed in Bodæus à Stapel Comment. in Theoph. p. 156. et seq.

[66] Opera omnia à C. B. edit. 1598. p. 64.

[67] _Usnea vulgaris loris longis implexis_ Hist. Musc. p. 56. _Lichen plicatus_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1154. _Muscus arboreus: Usnea_ Officin. C. B. Raii Syn. III. p. 64.

[68] _Usnea barbata loris tenuibus fibrosis_ Hist. Musc. p. 63. _Lichen barbatus_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1155. _Quercus excrementum villosum_ C. B. p. 422. Bauhine took this to be the true _Usnea Arabum_.

[69] _Usnea ceratoides candicans glabra et odorata_ Hist. Musc. p. 71. _Muscus arboreus candicans et odorifer_ Camelli Raii Hist. III. Append. p. 3.

[70] Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, p. 80.

[71] Hist. Plant. I. par. ii. p. 88.

[72] Flor. Lap. p. 342. Ɛ. Flor. Suec. Ed. II. p. 416.

[73] Flor. Lap. p. 348.

[74] Hist. Plant. I. p. 115.

[75] _Usnea jubata nigricans._ Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 64. _Lichen jubatus_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1155. _Muscus corallinis saxatilis fæniculaceus_, Rock-hair. Raii Syn. III. p. 65. n. 7.

[76] _Usnea capillacea et nodosa_ Dillen. Hist. Musc. 60. _Muscus arboreus nodosus_ C. B. p. 361. Raii Syn. III. p. 65. n. 4.

[77] Raii Hist. Pl. III. p. 28.

[78] Natural History of Norway, p. 148.

[79] _Usnea capillacea citrina frutriculi specie._ Hist. Musc. p. 73. _Muscus aureus tenuissimus_ Merret. Pin. p. 79. Raii syn. p. 65. nº. 8.

[80] Flor. Suec. Ed. II. p. 427.

[81] Hist. Plant. III. P. ii. lib. 9. p. 273.

[82] _Usnea dichotoma compressa segmentis capillaceis teretibus._ Hist. Musc. 72. _Muscus arboreus aurantiacus flaminibus tenuissimis_ Pluk. Alm. p. 254. Raii Hist. III. 28.

[83] _Coralloides corniculis longioribus et rarioribus._ Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 103. _Muscus corniculatus_ Ger. p. 1372. Park. 1308. Raii Hist. I. p. 112. III. p. 28. _Lichenoides tubulosum cinereum minus crustaceum minusque ramosum_ Raii Syn. 3. p. 67.

[84] _Coralloides montanum fruticuli specie ubique candicans_ Hist. Musc. p. 107. _Lichen rangiferinus_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1153. _Muscus corallinus._ Tab. Ger. em.

[85] Flor. Lappon. p. 332.

[86] Enum. Stirp. Helv. p. 69. Nº. 38.

[87] The Novaccolæ are a people originally sprung from the Finlanders: they fixed themselves in Lapland not long since, and traffick with the old inhabitants.

[88] _Coralloides crispum et botryforme Alpinum_ Hist. Musc. p. 114. _Lichen paschalis_ Lin. Sp. Pl. _Lichenoides non tubulum cinereum ramosum totum crustaceum_ Raii Syn. III. 66. N. 11. This moss is not common in England. Dr. Dillenius found it upon some of the mountains in Wales. It is found in many places on Charley-forest, Leicestershire.

[89] Flor. Lappon. Nº. 489.

[90] _Coralloides corniculatum fasciculare tinctorium fuci teretis facie_ Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 120. _Cladonia tophacea_ Hill. Hist. Pl. p. 93. _Fucus capillaris tinctorius_ Raii Hist. I. p. 74. _Lichen (Rocelia) fruticulosus solidus aphyllus subramosus tuberculis alternis_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1154.

[91] L’Art de la Teinture des lains et des Etoffes de lain; Paris 1750, p. 543.

[92] Raii Hist. Plant. I. p. 74.

[93] Nova Plant. Gener. p. 78.

[94] _Coralloides schyphiforme tuberculis fuscis_ Hist. Musc. 79. _Lichenoides tubulosum pyxidatum cinereum._ Raii Syn. III. p. 68. _Pyxidium margine leviter serrato._ Hill. Hist. Plant. p. 94.

[95] Willis Pharm. Rational. sect. I. cap. 6. _de tussi puerorum convulsiva_.

[96] De Aëre et Morbis epidemicis, p. 76, 77. vol. I.

[97] Lowthorp’s Abridgment, vol. II. p. 660.

[98] _Lichenoides tartareum tinctorium candidum tuberculis atris._ Hist. Musc. p. 128.

[99] _Lichen (calcareus) leprosus candidus tuberculis atris_ Spec. Plant. 1140.

[100] _Lichenoides leprosum tinctorium scutellis lapidum Caneri figura_ Hist. Musc. 130. _Lichenoides crustaceum et leprosum scutellare cinereum._ Raii Syn. p. 70.

[101] Tournefort’s Voyage to the Levant, Eng. edit. Lond. 1741. in 8º, vol. I. p. 248.

[102] _Lichenoides tartareum farinaceum scutellarum umbone fusco._ Hist. Musc. 132. _Placodium bracteis majusculis limbo albo cinctis_ Hill. Hist. Pl. p. 97.

[103] Flor. Suec. Ed. II. p. 407.

[104] _Lichenoides crustaceum et leprosum acetabulis majoribus luteis limbis argenteis_ Raii Syn. p. 71. N. 46. Hist. Musc. p. 132.

[105] _Vide_ Œconom. Natur. in Amœn. Acad. vol. II. p. 17.

[106] _Lichenoides vulgatissimum cinereo-glaucum lacunosum et cirrosum_ Hist. Musc. p. 88. _Lichenoides crusta foliosa superne cinereo-glauca, inferne nigra et cirrosa scutellis nigricantibus._ R. Syn. p. 72.

[107] _Lichenoides saxatile tinctorium foliis pilosis purpureis_ Raii Syn. p 74. Nº. 70. Hist. Musc. p. 185. _Lichen petræus purpureus Derbiensis_ Park. Theat. p. 1315. _Lichen omphalodes_ Lin. Spec. Pl. 1143.

[108] Park. Theat. Botan. p. 1315.

[109] Raii Hist. Plant. p. 116.

[110] Flor. Lappon. p. 343. V.

[111] Otherwise called _arnotto_.

[112] _Lichenoides vulgare sinuosum foliis et scutellis luteis._ Hist. Musc. p. 180. _Lichenoides crusta foliosa scutellata flavescens._ Raii Syn. p. 72. Nº. 59.

[113] Flor. Suec. Ed. II. p. 416. Nº. 1093.

[114] Linnæus has intitled this moss _Lichen (stygius) imbricatus, folio is palmatis incurvis atris_. Fl. Suec. I. 949. Spec. Plant. 1143. Fl. Suec. II. Nº. 1079.

[115] _Lichenoides coralliforme rostratum et canaliculatum._ Hist. Musc. 170. _Lichenoides arboreum ramosum angustioribus cinereo-virescentibus ramulis._ Raii Syn. 75. _Lichen calicaris_ Lin. Spec. Plant. 1146.

[116] _Lichenoides fuciforme tinctorium corniculis longioribus et acutioribus._ Hist. Musc. 168. _Platysma corniculatum._ Hill Hist. Plant. 90. _Lichen fuciformis_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1147.

[117] _Lichenoides digitatum cinereum lactucæ foliis sinuosis_ Dillen. Hist. Musc. 200. _Platysma sinuosum scutellis ovato-rotundis_ Hill Hist. Pl. 89. _Lichen caninus_ Lin. Sp. Pl. 1149.

[118] See Lowthorp’s Abridgment, vol. III. p. 284.

[119] Dr. Van Swieten. See Comment. in Boerh. Aphor. §. 1147.

[120] Mechanical Account of Poisons, ed. 4th, p. 156.

[121] _Lichenoides pulmonium reticulatum vulgare marginibus peltiferis_ Dill. Hist. Musc. 212. _Lichenoides peltatum arboreum maximum._ Raii Syn. p. 76. _Musc. pulmonarius_ C. B.

[122] Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 213.

[123] _Lichenoides digitatum læte virens verrucis nigris notatum._ Ibid. p. 207.

[124] Boerhaav. Aphorism. §. 982.

[125] Vol. II, p. 69. _De Tœnia._

[126] _Musca apiformis, tota fusca, cauda obtusa, ex ejula caudata in latrinis degente orta._ Raii Hist. Insect, p. 272.

[127] Faun. Suecica, Nº. 1084.

[128] See two cases nearly of this kind observed by Dr. Lister. Lowthorp’s Abridgment, vol. III. p. 135.

[129] _Lichenoides rigidum eryngii folia referens_ Dillen. Hist. Musc. p. 209. Raii Syn. p. 77. _Lichen foliis oblongis laciniatis marginibus conniventibus ciliaribus._ Flor. Lappon. Hall. Helv. 75. _Lichen (islandicus) foliaceus adscendens laciniatus marginibus elevatis ciliaribus_ Lin. Flor. Suec. I. 959. II. 1085. Mat. Med. Nº. 493. Spec. Plant. 1145.

[130] Raii Hist. Plant. p. 114.

[131] Flor. Lappon. Nº. 445.

[132] Horrebow’s Natural History of Iceland, p. 36.

[133] For the first account, see part first, p. 392.

[134] Sic in regist. et postea haud semel.

[135] Sic in regist.

[136] Sic in regist.

[137] Sic in regist.

[138] Sic in regist.

[139] Sic in regist.

[140] Page 285. edit. Lugd. Batav. 1625.

[141] Page 681. edit. London, 1631.

[142] Wood Hist. et Antiqu. Universit. Oxon. lib. i. p. 295. and Athen. Oxon. vol. I. col. 237.

[143] Hist. & Antiquit. Universit. Oxon. ubi supra.

[144] Page 290, 2d edit.

[145] When the emperor goes out or comes into the palace, this bell is rung.

[146] In these two houses are Jesuits of other nations. They are stiled Portuguese, because these houses and churches depend on the mission of the Jesuits founded by the king of Portugal.

[147] There are beaten there the five watches of the night. The sound is heard thro’ the whole city.

[148] _Yong lo_, emperor of the last dynasty _Ming_, built these two towers.

[149] The tribunals of the ministers and grand masters of the emperor’s house are in the inclosure _Tse kin_.

[150] The feet are different in China; but 1800 feet always make a _ly_. According to the measure of the foot the _ly_ will be greater or less.

[151] This power is called in China the dynasty _Leao_.

[152] There is extant, in the Chinese and Tartar _Mantcheou_ languages, an history of the dynasty of _Ki tan_.

[153] Of which dynasty there is extant a very curious history.

[154] Book I. Part ii. Prop. 3. Experiment 8. of his Optics.

[155] If α, β, γ, δ, _&c._ be supposed to represent the co-sines of the angles 360° ⁄ _n_, 2 × 360° ⁄ _n_, 3 × 360° ⁄ _n_, _&c._ (the radius being unity); then the roots of the equation _zⁿ_ - 1 = 0 (expressing the several values of _p_, _q_, _r_, _s_, _&c._) will be truly defined by 1, α + √(αα - 1), α - √(αα - 1), β + √(ββ - 1), β - √(ββ - 1), _&c._ The demonstration of this will be given farther on.

[156] Because -_ẋ_ ⁄ √(1 - _xx_) and -_Ẋ_ ⁄ √(1 - _XX_) are known to express the fluxions of the circular arcs whose co-sines are _x_ and _X_, it is evident, if those arcs be supposed in any constant ratio of 1 to _n_, that _nẋ_ ⁄ √(1 - _xx_) = _Ẋ_ ⁄ √(1 - _XX_), and consequently that _nẋ_ ⁄ √(_xx_ - 1) (= _nẋ_ ⁄ (√-1 × √(1 - _xx_)) = _Ẋ_ ⁄ (√-1 × √(1 - _XX_)) = _Ẋ_ ⁄ √(_XX_ - 1). From whence, by taking the fluents, _n_ × Log. (_x_ + √(_xx_ - 1)) (or Log. (_x_ + √(_xx_ - 1))_ⁿ_) = Log. _X_ + √(_XX_ - 1); and consequently (_x_ + √(_xx_ - 1))_ⁿ_ = _X_ + √(_XX_ - 1): whence also, seeing _x_ - √(_xx_ - 1) is the reciprocal of _x_ + √(_xx_ - 1), and _X_ - √(_XX_ - 1) of _X_ + √(_XX_ - 1), it is likewise evident, that (_x_ - √(_xx_ - 1))_ⁿ_ = _X_ - √(_XX_ - 1). Hence, not only the truth of the above assumption, but what has been advanced in relation to the roots of the equation _zⁿ_ - 1 = 0, will appear manifest. For if _x_ ± √(_xx_ - 1) be put = _z_, then will _zⁿ_ (= (_x_ ± √(_xx_ - 1))_ⁿ_) = _X_ ± √(_XX_ - 1): where, assuming _X_ = 1 = co-s. 0 = co-s. 360° = co-s. 2 × 360° = co-s. 3 × 360°, _&c._ the equation will become _zⁿ_ = 1, or _zⁿ_ - 1 = 0; and the different values of _x_, in the expression (_x_ ± √(_xx_ - 1)) for the root _z_, will consequently be the co-sines of the arcs, 0 ⁄ _n_, 360° ⁄ _n_, (2 × 360°) ⁄ _n_, _&c._ these arcs being the corresponding _submultiples_ of those above, answering to the co-sine _X_ (= 1).----In the same manner, if _X_ be taken = -1 = co-s. 180° = co-s. 3 × 180° = co-s. 5 × 180°, _&c._ then will _zⁿ_ = -1, or _zⁿ_ + 1 = 0; and the values of _x_ will, in this case, be the co-sines of 180° ⁄ _n_, 3 × (180° ⁄ _n_), 5 × (180° ⁄ _n_), _&c._

[157] _Avellana purgatrix_; in French, _medicinier_.

[158] This refers to Mr. Baker’s having supposed, that old iron and old brass may be mixt sometimes, and melted down together.

[159] Vide Wilkins’s real Character, p. 131. Bellon. aquat. p. 330.

[160] Some of the Pour-contrel kind have but one row of suckers on the arms: such an one I have seen, whose arms were thirty inches long.

[161] Of this I gave an account some years ago, in my attempt towards a Natural History of the Polype, chap. v.

[162] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 1.

[163] _De Num. quibusd. Sam. et Phœn. &c. Dissert._ p. 56-59. & Tab. II. Oxon. 1750.

[164] _Marm. Palmyren. a Cl._ Dawk. _edit._ pass.

[165] Vid. Hadr. Reland. _Palæst. Illustrat._ p. 1014. Traject. Batavor. 1714. Erasm. Frœl. ad _Annal. Compendiar. Reg. & Rer. Syr._ Tab. VIII. &c. Viennæ, 1754.

[166] _De Antiq. Hebræor. et Græcor. Lit. Libel._ Joan. Baptist. Biancon. p. 31, 32. Bononiæ, 1748.

[167] 1. Maccab. i. 10.

[168] Hadr. Reland. _De Num. Vet. Hebr._ pass. Trajecti ad _Rhenum_, 1709.

[169] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 2.

[170] Honor. Arigon. _Num. Phœnic._ Tab. I. Num. 3, 6. Tarvisii, 1745.

[171] Nicol. Haym Roman. _Del Tesor. Britan._ Vol. i. p. 106. In Londra, 1719.

[172] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 3.

[173] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 3.

[174] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 3.

[175] See the Phœnician Numerals in Plate xxxii.

[176] _Philosoph. Transact._ Vol. xlviii. Par. ii. p. 726.

[177] _De Num. quibusd. Sam. et Phœn. &c. Dissert._ p. 59-61. & Tab. II. Oxon. 1750.

[178] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 4.

[179] Haym, ubi sup. p. 107.

[180] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 5.

[181] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 5.

[182] Honor. Arigon. _Num. Phœnic._ Tab. I, II. Tarvisii, 1745.

[183] Id. ibid. Tab. I. N. 5.

[184] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 6.

[185] See p. 793, 794.

[186] See plate xxxi. Fig. 7.

[187] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 8.

[188] _Recherches Curieuses des Monoyes de France &c. Par_ Claude Bouterouë, p. 33. A Paris, 1666.

[189] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 9.

[190] Honor. Arigon. ubi sup. Tab. I. Num. 2.

[191] Claud. Bouterouë, ubi sup. p. 24.

[192] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 9.

[193] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 9.

[194] _Mémoires de Litterature, tirés des Registres &c._ Tom. xxiv. p. 64. A Paris, 1756.

[195] The whole note, here referred to, in the original runs thus. “J’avois lû ce Mémoire à l’Académie en 1749, je le communiquai dans le même temps à un étranger qui se trouvoit alors à Paris, & qui ayant passé tout de suite en Angleterre, fit part à un docteur d’Oxford de l’explication que j’avois donnée de la médaille de Jonathan. Ce dernier _m’a fait l’honneur de l’adopter_ dans une savante Dissertation imprimée a Oxford en 1750, à la suite d’une autre Dissertation sur deux inscriptions Phéniciennes.” _Mémoires de Litterature, tirés des Registres de l’Académie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles-Lettres, &c._ Tom. xxiv. p. 60. A Paris, 1756.

For the better understanding of this note, it will be proper to observe, that the stranger therein mentioned was M. Brucker, Professor of History in the University of Basil; with whom I contracted an acquaintance when at Oxford, towards the close of March 1750. This gentleman then informed me, that M. l’Abbé Barthelemy communicated to him draughts of three Samaritan coins of Jonathan, prince and high-priest of the Jews. He added, that one of these exhibited the words ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ; which, according to him, M. l’Abbé Barthelemy interpreted of Alexander the Great, taking the piece to have been twice struck. This M. Brucker afterwards in a great measure confirmed, by a letter he wrote to me at Oxford; which I published intire in 1750, and endeavoured to prove, that the foregoing inscription was to be understood of Alexander I. king of Syria, and not of Alexander the Great. The Samaritan inscription, which M. Brucker only just touched upon, as is manifest from his letter, I likewise attempted to explain; producing proper vouchers, in support of what I advanced. Thus stands the fact, which seems to have given some offence to M. l’Abbé, stated in the most concise manner possible; and from it, thus stated, as I apprehend, are naturally deducible the following observations.

1. As I differed in opinion from M. l’Abbé, with regard to the words ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, as well as in several other respects, and supported by indisputable authorities what I in all points advanced, without receiving from any person whatsoever the least information relative thereto; it very evidently appears, that I did not _adopt_ M. l’Abbé’s explication of the coin in question.

2. By publishing M. Brucker’s letter, which I have still by me, intire, I both did him justice, and clearly acknowledged M. l’Abbé to have first discovered the medals it treats of to belong to Jonathan, prince and high-priest of the Jews; and therefore have by no means endeavoured, as he would insinuate, to rob him of the glory of such a discovery.

3. As M. l’Abbé in effect owns himself to have seen my dissertation, and has (if M. Brucker rightly informed me) since the reading of his memoir, substituted my notion, relating to the words, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, in the room of his own; some people may perhaps imagine, that I have at least as much reason to recriminate on this occasion, as he had to charge me with the _adoption_ of his explication. Nay, as he expresly acquaints the public, that M. Brucker imparted to me the very interpretation of the coin he (M. l’Abbé) had before communicated to him, and as this interpretation most evidently makes it to have been first struck in the reign of Alexander the Great; every unprejudiced person, unacquainted with the elevated genius and extensive erudition of M. l’Abbé, will be strongly induced to believe, that there would be no great injustice in a recrimination. But far be it from me to retort the accusation upon M. l’Abbé. His uncommon learning, his singular modesty, his strict honour, his utter contempt of vanity and ostentation in every shape, so conspicuous to all the world, must set him infinitely above the reach of such an imputation. However, notwithstanding the superior merit and exalted abilities of M. l’Abbé, notwithstanding the known aversion of the French writers to the practice here hinted at, and their most generous and candid treatment hitherto of those belonging to the British nation, it will perhaps hereafter be thought expedient, by the ACADEMY OF INSCRIPTIONS AND BELLES LETTRES, not frequently to suffer an interval of seven years to elapse, between the reading and publication of their memoirs. For by such unaccountable delays, if often repeated, a handle may possibly be given to many of the _haughty islanders_ of reflecting upon, or at least entertaining unfavourable sentiments of, some of the members of that illustrious body.

See _De Num. quibusd. Sam. & Phœn. &c. Dissert._ p. 61-72. Oxon. 1750.

[196] F. Henric. Nor. Veronens. _An. et Epoch. Syromaced. &c._ p. 414-424. Lipsiæ, 1696.

[197] Erasm. Frœl. _Annal. Compend. Reg. et Rer. Syr._ p. 113. Viennæ, 1754.

[198] Joan. Harduin. _Op. Select._ p. 155, 156. Amst. 1709. Joan. Foy-Vaillant Bellovac. _Numismat. Ær. Imperator. &c. Par. Alt._ p. 97. Parisiis, 1695.

[199] Iidem ibid. & alib.

[200] F. Henr. Nor. Veronens. ubi sup.

[201] Diod. Sic. lib. xix. Plutarch. in _Demetr._ Appian. in _Syriac_.

[202] F. Henr. Nor. Veronens. ubi sup.

[203] Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 39. Joan. Foy-Vaill. _Seleucidar, Imper._ p. 1-150. Lutet. Parisior. 1681.

[204] Joan. Foy-Vaill. Erasm. Frœl. Nicol. Haym Roman. &c.

[205] See above, p. 793, 794.

[206] Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 101.

[207] 1. Maccab. i. 10.

[208] See Plate xxxi.

[209] See Plate xxxii.

[210] It may not however be amiss to remark, that most of the forms of the Phœnician centenary and decimal numeral characters rather resemble the correspondent Palmyrene numerals of Gruter than those of Mr. Dawkins; as will be obvious to every one, who shall think proper to compare all those different characters one with another. _Philosoph. Transact._ Vol. xlviii. Par. ii. p. 721, 741.

[211] See Plate xxxi. Fig. 5. & Arigon. Tab. II. Num. 11.

[212] See above, p. 791, 792.

[213] Nicol. Haym Roman. ubi sup. p. 100. Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 111. Tab. XV.

[214] Joan. Foy-Vaill. ubi sup. p. 238. Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 57. Tab. VII. Num. 1.

[215] Nicol. Haym Roman. ubi sup. p. 101. Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 111.

[216] Nicol. Haym Roman. ubi sup. p. 105, 106.

[217] Joan. Foy-Vaill. ubi sup. p. 200. Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 63. Tab. VIII. Num. 30.

[218] Hadr. Reland. _Palæst. Illustrat._ p. 1014.

[219] Nicol. Haym Roman. ubi sup. p. 100, 101.

[220] Joan. Foy-Vaill. ubi sup. p. 375, 378. Haym, ubi sup. p. 100. Erasm. Frœl. ubi sup. p. 111. Tab. XV.

[221] Gul. Bevereg. _Institut. Chronologic._ p. 278-331. Eond. 1721.

[222] Oleosis magna tribuitur efficacia, quæ maxime experimento Fr. Rhedi videtur confirmata, dum muscas et alia insecta variis liquoribus immersa in vivis permansisse refert, exceptis aliis oleo perunctis et infusis, quæ invicem mortua vitam non receperunt, licet radiis solaribus fuerint exposita. Equidem libenter concedo hæc omnia veritati esse consona, atque etiam oleosa, ut ol. oliv. rapar. et amygd. dulc. non sine fructu adhiberi: sed scire licet minime illa eo unquam scopo posse offerri, ut vermes enecent, quia admodum magna oleorum copia requireretur, si immediatè vermes per totum intestinorum volumen dispersos deberent extinguere. Multo magis oleosa in gravibus a lumbricis symptomatibus ideo censerem utilia, quia sensibiles intestinorum tunicas spasmo constrictas relaxant, et mucilagine quasi obliniunt atque defendunt, ut postea acriora quaædam et purgantia remedia magis secure et sine læsione exhiberi possint. Ita ego sæpius mirabili cum effectu ad vermes enecandos et symptomata lenienda ol. amygd. d. ad aliquot cochlearia, imo ℥j vel ℥ij circa lecti introitum vel summo mane pueris præscripsi sumendum, subjungendo aliquot horas post pilulas ex extracto panchymagogo Crollii, resina jalappæ, et mercurio dulci paratas.

_Hoffmann. Supplement. ad Med. Systemat. de Infant. Morb. cap. 10. de Vermibus._

[223] I have since been informed, that the boy’s parents being extremely poor, the medicines were left off as soon as he began to recover; and that, upon their disuse for some time, he was again attacked with the same fits as before.

[224] All oils dry more readily after they have been boiled; by which the superfluous aqueous parts are carried off. Drying oils are also made by the addition of such substances, as absorb humidities.

[225] See Phil. Trans. Nº. 480. p. 227.

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CVI. A Discourse on the Cinnamon CXVI. A Discourse on the Cinnamon

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the sea, nor to any other accident whatesover,
the sea, nor to any other accident whatsoever,

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and also heard a noise, like the distant dicharge of a cannon:
and also heard a noise, like the distant discharge of a cannon:

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that the whole weight of his body was supended by it,
that the whole weight of his body was suspended by it,

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by almost all the the botanic writers
by almost all the botanic writers

Index

_Vapour_, remarks on the opinion of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the
ascent of it, p. 240.

_Vapour_, remarks on the opinion of Henry Eles, Esq; concerning the
ascent of it, p. 240.

p. 712

are pretty spacious inclosures, each of which has it number.
are pretty spacious inclosures, each of which has its number.

p. 730

When it moves upwards, the click _b_ fixed to the frame, stops the
larger rocket C,

When it moves upwards, the click _b_ fixed to the frame, stops the
larger rochet C,

p. 735

which would not be affected by the different refrangibilty of light;
which would not be affected by the different refrangibility of light;

p. 741

Having thus got rid of the principal cause of the imperfection of
refracting telelescopes

Having thus got rid of the principal cause of the imperfection of
refracting telescopes

p. 759

and the _same cofficients_ with the original series
and the _same coefficients_ with the original series

p. 766

the measures of the angles expressed by (360° ⁄ _n_) × _m_, 2 × (360
⁄ _n_) × _m_, 3 × (360 ⁄ _n_) × _m_, &c.

the measures of the angles expressed by (360° ⁄ _n_) × _m_, 2 × (360°
⁄ _n_) × _m_, 3 × (360° ⁄ _n_) × _m_, &c.

p. 768

The soluion of this case, in a manner a little different,
The solution of this case, in a manner a little different,

p. 773

We see by this, that the effects of the poison of the Manchinelle are
different

We see by this, that the effects of the poison of the Manchenille are
different

p. 842

I beg leave to subjoin it by way of postcript.
I beg leave to subjoin it by way of postscript.

p. 846

coverings in different parts of the the world.
coverings in different parts of the world.

Index

_Vapour_, remarks on the opinion of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the
ascent of it, p. 240.

_Vapour_, remarks on the opinion of Henry Eles, Esq; concerning the
ascent of it, p. 240.

Errata

p. 497

Also (2_a_)²: _vv_∷ _a_: _vv_ ⁄ 4_a_

should be

Also (2_a_)²: _vv_∷ _a_: (25b ⁄ 21c)² × _vv_ ⁄ 4_a_

p. 542

sin. (AC + AM) ⁄ 2 × sin. (AC - AM) ⁄ 2 = ((_b_ + _d_) × (_b_ - _d_) =) (sin. ½ AC + sin. ½ AM) × (sin. ½ AC - sin. ½ AM).

should be

sin. (AC + AM) ⁄ 2 × sin. (AC - AM) ⁄ 2 = ((_b_ + _d_) × (_b_ - _d_)) = (sin. ½ AC + sin. ½ AM) × (sin. ½ AC - sin. ½ AM).

p. 830

hincque motus apsidis spatio unius anni solaris prodit 33´, 95 vel ferè 34´ in consequentia, qui tempore

should be

hincque motus apsidis spatio unius anni solaris prodit 33´, 95’’ vel ferè 34´ in consequentia, qui tempore