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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edict against, repealed, 170-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.

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-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,

225.

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.

I.

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.

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Logic, 377.

Court of Exchequer, 277, note.
Magdeburgh hemispheres, 191.
Mandeville, Dr., 58, note.

N.

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.

0.

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.

P.

Paper, machine for making, 196.
Paper Philosophers, 140.

Lyell, Mr., his principles of geo- Parliament, judicial power of,

logy, 154.

M.

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.

241.

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,

123.

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,

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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,

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V.

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.

S.

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.

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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,

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note.

Wotton, sir Henry, his opinion
of the Novum Organum, 215-
his account of Kepler, ib. note
-his character of Anthony
Bacon, 359.

THE END.

DAVIDSON, PRINTER,
SERLE'S PLACE, CAREY STREET.

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