Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman.
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Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman.
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Person, David.
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London :: Printed by Richard Badger [and Thomas Cotes], for Thomas Alchorn, and are to be sold at his shop, in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the green-Dragon,
1635.
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Science -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Combat -- Early works to 1800.
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"Varieties: or, A surveigh of rare and excellent matters necessary and delectable for all sorts of persons. Wherein the principall heads of diverse sciences are illustrated, rare secrets of naturall things unfoulded, &c. Digested into five bookes, whose severall chapters with their contents are to be seene in the table after the epistle dedicatory. By David Person, of Loghlands in Scotland, Gentleman." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09500.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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The Table of the first Booke,
Wherein the matter and nature of the Hea∣ven,
Sunne, Moone, Starres, Ayre, Sea,
and Earth is comprehended.
Sect. 1.
OF the matter whereof the Heavens are composed,
with the confutation of various opinions of Philo∣sophers
concerning it. Pag. 4
Sect. 2.
Of the Starres, their substance and splendor, where
also of the Sunnes place in the Firmament. 8
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Sect. 3.
Of the Moone, her light, substance, and power over
all sublunary bodies. 10
Sect. 4.
Of the Element of Fire, whether it be an Element
or not, and of its place. 12
Sect. 5.
A briefe Discourse of Meteors; of their causes,
matter, and differences.
Sect. 6.
That the Earth and Waters make but one Globe,
which must bee the Center of the World. Of the Seas
saltnesse, deepnesse flux, and reflux; why the Mediter∣rancan
and Indian Seas have none: Of Magellanes
strait; what maketh so violent tyde there, seeing there
is none in the Indian Sea from whence it floweth. Of
the Southerne Sea, or Mare del Zur. 18
Sect. 7.
That the mountaines and valleyes dispersed over the
earth, hindreth not the compleatnesse of its round∣nes:
Of burning mountaines and caves within the
Earth. 25
Sect. 8.
Of time, whether it be the producer or consumer of
things: Of the wisedome and sagacity of some Horses
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Sect. 9.
Of Fishes, if they may be said to breathe, seeing they
lack pulmons: Of flying fishes, if such things may be, &c.
which are the reasons of their possibility, are deduced, ex∣emplified.
34
Sect. 10.
Of fishes, and their generation: How fowles are gene∣rated
in the waters. If gold can be made potable; and of
the matter of precious stones. 40
Sect. 11.
Of the Earth, its circumference, thicknesse, and di∣stance
from the Sunne. 43
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