Galileo, his condemnation, 167- edict against, repealed, 170- his discovery of the pendulum, 174-answers Bacon's dis- course on the tides, 236-letter of, concerning the sun's stand- ing still, ib. note-life of, by Drinkwater, 98, note. Gallois, Abbé, his praise of Ba- con, 233.
Galvani, his observations on elec- tricity, 175.
Gassendi, his esteem for Bacon, 232.
Gay-Lussac, M., his aerouantic voyage, 190-effects upon, of the decreased gravity of the atmosphere, 190.
Geology, Lyell's principles of, 154-Buckland's riding lecture on, 335.
Gilbert, Dr., of Colchester, his treatise on the magnet, 156, note-his valuable observations on magnetism, 156. Gillies, Dr., his analysis of Aris- totle's works, 151. Gioenia Sicula, supposititious discovery of, 180. Glanvill, Mr., his Plus Ultra- Vanity of Dogmatising-Scep- sis Scientifica, 223, note-de- fends the New Philosophy, ib.
-his eulogy of Bacon's poli- tical writings, 100, note. Hamel, John Baptiste du, his praise of Bacon, 234. Hampden, Dr., his Scholastic Philosophy, 168, 171, note- his Account of Aristotle's Phi- losophy, 150, note. Hargrave, Mr., his character of Bacon's Reading on Uses, 35. Harvey, Dr., his Circuitus San- guinis, reception of, 130, note -account of his great disco- very, 194-his love of anatomy, -loses his notes on, during the rebellion, 132, note-his curious remedy for the gout, 311, note. Haywarde's book, anecdote of, 64-Bacon's witty and humane saying of, 65.
Herschel, sir John, his treatise of sound, 193, note-his Dis- course on Natural Philosophy, character of, 7, note-quoted passim-anecdote of, 177. History, Bacon's division of, 118. Hobbes, of Malmesbury, charac- ter of, 103-compared with Bacon, 103, 104-translates se- veral of Bacon's Essays, 102, note-excellent aphorism of,
Humboldt, M. de, ascends the
Andes, 190-effects upon, of the decreased gravity of the atmosphere, ib.
Hume, Mr., his observations on king James's knights, 45, note -his character of the Com- mons in 1604, 47, note. Hutton, Abp., his letter to lord Burleigh, 276.
Hutton, Dr, his discovery in Glen Tilt of veins of granite, 191.
Induction, process of, 146, 164, 324-Baconian distinguishable both from Plato's and Aris- totle's, 147-151, 163, 164-ap- plicable as well to psycholo- gical as to physical science, 186, 357.
Instauratio Magna, nature and
design of, 89-209-influence of, | Madox, Mr., his History of the
on the progress of science, 210-238. Ireland, Bacon's praise of, 50, note-his tract on, 50.
Court of Exchequer, 277, note. Magdeburgh hemispheres, 191. Mandeville, Dr., 58, note.
Napier, Professor, his Disserta- tion on the scope and influ- ence of Bacon's philosophy, 98, note-216, note-quoted passim.
Newton, sir Isaac, sublime say- ing of, 198-his careful study of Bacon, 227-adopts his phraseology, 228-Pemberton's View of his philosophy, ib.- Maclaurin's Account of his discoveries, 229-Brewster's life of, 210, 238. Non-residence, Bacon's opinion of, 76.
North, sir Francis, account of his appointment to be King's counsel, 317.
Novum Organum, nature and de- sign of, 143-202-influence of, on the progress of science, 213-238.
Observers, frauds of, 180. Oldenburgh, Mr., first secretary of the Royal Society, his eu- logy on Bacon, 221.
Osborn, Francis, his letters of advice to a son, 167, note-309.
Paper, machine for making, 196. Paper Philosophers, 140.
Lyell, Mr., his principles of geo- Parliament, judicial power of,
Mackintosh, sir James, his cha- racter of sir John Herschel's Discourse on Nat. Phil., 7, note -his life of More, 28, note- his autobiography, ib.-his re- viewal on Bacon, 210-his cha. racter of experimentalists, 211 -MS. remark in Hobbes's Dia- logue, 226, note.
Pascal, M., his experiment on the Puy de Dôme, 190. Peiresc, an early disciple of Ba- con, 232. Pemberton, Dr., his View of Newton's Philosophy, 229. Philosophy, Bacon's division of,
Pius VII., his character-repeals the edict against Galileo and the Copernican System, 170.
Maclaurin, Mr., his opinion of Plato, his induction distinguished
the Instauration, 145, 229.
from Bacon's, 147-150, 163,
Raleigh, sir Walter, chided for his free thinking by Elizabeth, 167, note. "Reading," custom of, in the
Inns of Court, 34, note.
Reid, Dr., his Analysis of Aris. totle, 151.
Ross, Alexander, his Arcana Mi- crocosmi, 217-his attack upon Bacon, 217, 218-his volumi. nous writings ridiculed in Hu- dibras, 218, note.
Royal Society, first suggestion of, by Bacon, 210-rise and progress of, 219-Wallis's ac-
Sharpe, Mr., his Essays, 73, note. Smith, Dr. Adam, his Essay on the Imitative Arts, 123, note. Sorbiere, Dr., his Relation d'un Voyage en Angleterre, attacked by Dr. Sprat, 233, note-his commendation of Bacon, 233- banishment of. 233, note. Sound, Bacon's observations on, 7-reflection of-refraction of, 193-subject to the laws of in- terference, ib.-analogy of, to light, ib.
South, Dr., his discourse on the abuse of words, 157. Southey, Dr., 233, 28, note. Sprat, Dr., his history of the Royal Society, 221-his eulogy on Bacon, ib. Stewart, Dugald, his character of Bacon's Essays, 32- of his classification of the sciences,
count of, 338-Sprat's history Uses, Bacon's reading on, 34-37. of, 221-bequest to, by the fly- ing bishop of Chester, 220, note-Cowley's Ode to, 212. Rushworth, Mr., his assertion that Bacon's decrees were not reversed, 279.
Savigny, Von, 29, note. Selden, Mr., 167, note.
Voltaic pile, history and effects of, 176, 189.
Voltaire, M., his letters on the English nation, 240.
Wallis, Dr. John, his account of | the origin and first transac- tions of the Royal Society, 338. Warner, Walter, his claim to the
Buckingham, 242-reviews Ba- con's orders, but finds them just, 278-his Scrinia Reserata, 242, note.
controversy, 157-definition of, use and abuse, 159, 160. Wordsworth, Mr., his beautiful description of echoes upon echoes, 8, note. Wordsworth, Dr., his Ecclesias- tical Biography, 220, note, 301,
first discovery of the circula-Words, ambiguity of, cause of tion of the blood, 194, note. Whately, Abp., his remarks on Mandeville's Fable of the Bees, 58-his analysis of theory, 179, note-his exposition of ambi. guous terms, 158-his Political Economy, 174. Whewell, Professor, his Astro- nomy and General Physics, 109, note-his experiments in Dolcoath mine, 200. White, Thomas, anecdote of, 224,
Wotton, sir Henry, his opinion of the Novum Organum, 215- his account of Kepler, ib. note -his character of Anthony Bacon, 359.
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