Sect. 5. The Heliocentric Theory confirmed on Physical Considerations. (Prelude to Kepler's Astro- nomical Discoveries.) CHAPTER V.-SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF KEPLER. RECEPTION, ADDITIONAL NOTE IN VOL. I. Page 6, line 7. I have attempted to illustrate somewhat further the nature of Inductive reasoning, in a small work entitled the Mechanical Euclid, and in the Remarks annexed thereto. Page 42, line 16, for inscribed, read invented. Bede, a. 257, 317 Bell, Sir Charles, c. 425 Bélon, c. 359, 446 Benedetti, b. 10, 20, 26, 46 INDEX OF PROPER NAMES. Brongniart, Adolphe, c. 543 Brougham, Lord, b. 382, 431 Bruno, Giordano, a. 384 Buch, Leopold von, c. 520, 525, Buckland, Dr., c. 536 Buffon, c. 192, 419, 445 Bullialdus, a. 216; b. 149 Burkard, c. 418 Burnet, c. 566, 602 Biker, b. 516 Biot, b. 375, 386, 425, 476; c. 55, 56, 87 Black, b. 500; c. 124, 138 Blair, b. 364 Bloch, c. 368 Blondel, b. 56 Bock, c. 276 Boëthius, a. 257, 273 Boileau, b. 137 Bonaparte, c. 73, 162 Bonaventura, a. 320 Borelli, b. 24, 132, 141, 162, 164 Bossut, b. 70 Boué, Ami, c. 520 Bouguer, b. 112 Bouillet, b. 503 Bourdon, c. 421 Bournon, c. 208 Bouvard, b. 224 Boyle, b. 144, 383, 501; c. 109 Bradley, b. 214, 220, 244, 254, 258 Brasavola, c. 272 Brewster, Sir David, b. 360, 376, 385, 434, 449; c. 217 Briggs, a. 391 Brisbane, Sir Thomas, b. 278 Brochant de Villiers, c. 525, 534 Brongniart, Alexandre, c, 508, 531 Callisthenes, a. 167 Camerarius, Joachim, c. 278 Camerarius, Rudolph Jacob, c. 416, 418 |