Experimental philosophy, in three books containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis / by Henry Power ...

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Experimental philosophy, in three books containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis / by Henry Power ...

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Power, Henry, 1623-1668.

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London :: Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry ...,

1664.

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Science -- Early works to 1800.

Physics -- Early works to 1800.

Microscopy -- Early works to 1800.

Microscopes -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• imprimatur
• title page
• The Preface to the Ingenious READER.
• illustration
• MICROSCOPICAL OBSERVATIONS.
  • OBSERVAT. I. Of the Flea.
  • OBSERVAT. II. The Bee.
  • OBSERVAT. III. The Common Fly.
  • OBSERVAT. IV. The Gray, or Horse-Fly.
  • OBSERVAT. V. The Butter-Fly.
  • OBSERVAT. VI. A Louse.
  • OBSERVAT. VII. A Wood-Louse, or Wood-Mite.
  • OBSERVAT. VIII. The House-Spider.
  • OBSERVAT. IX. The little white Field-Spider with short legs.
  • OBSERVAT. X. The Field Spider with long Legs.
  • OBSERVAT. XI. Another Field-Spider.
  • OBSERVAT. XII. Mites in Cheese.
  • OBSERVAT. XIII. Mites in Malt-dust and Oatmeal-dust.
  • OBSERVAT. XIV. Mites, bred amongst Figs.
  • OBSERVAT. XV. The Mites, in Jujubes and Sebesten's.
  • OBSERVAT. XVI. The red Mite, found on Spiders.
  • OBSERVAT. XVII. The Mites or Lice found on Humble-Bees.
  • OBSERVAT. XVIII. Pond. Mites.
  • OBSERVAT. XIX. Whey-worms, call'd by some, Wheal-worms, or Hand-worms, or Barrows.
  • OBSERVAT. XX. The Gloworm or Glassworm.
  • OBSERVAT. XXI. Common Grasshoppers.
  • OBSERVAT. XXII. The Ant, Emmet or Pismire.
  • OBSERVAT. XXIII. Of the little greenish Grasshopper or Lo∣cust, bred upon the backside of green leaves, especially the leaves of Goos∣berries, Sweet-briar, and golden Muos∣ear, in April and beginning of May.
  • OBSERVAT. XXIV. The yellow Locust.
  • OBSERVAT. XXV. Of Cuckow-Spitt, and the little Insect bred therein, in May.
  • OBSERVAT. XXVI. The Cow-Lady, or Spotted Scarabee.
  • OBSERVAT. XXVII. The Water-Insect, or Water-Spider.
  • OBSERVAT. XXVIII. The Wasp-like Locust.
  • OBSERVAT. XXIX. The Sycomore-Locust.
  • OBSERVAT. XXX. Of the little white Eels or Snigs, in Vineger or Aleger.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXI. Of the great Black Snail.
  • OBSERVAT. XXII. Of Lampreys.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXIII. Corns of Sand, Sugar, and Salt.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXIV. A small Atom of Quick-silver.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXV. Mercurial Powders.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXVI. Of the seven Terrestrial Planets, as the Chymists call them.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXVII. Ribbans of all sorts of Colours, Silk, Sat∣ten, Silver and mixed.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXVIII. The small Dust, Powder, or Seeds of the lesser Moon-wort.
  • OBSERVAT. XXXIX. The Seeds of Wall-Rue, or white Mayden∣hair.
  • OBSERVAT. XL. Of the Seeds of Strawberries.
  • OBSERVAT. XLI. Corn Poppy Seeds.
  • OBSERVAT. XLII. The small Dust or Powder on the Pendents of Lillies.
  • OBSERVAT. XLIII. The Leafs of several Trees and Plants.
  • OBSERVAT. XLIV. Pink-pendents.
  • OBSERVAT. XLV. Of Nettles.
  • OBSERVAT. XLVI. Gilla Theophrasti.
  • OBSERVAT. XLVII. A Nitt.
  • OBSERVAT. XLVIII. A Line drawn upon Paper.
  • OBSERVAT. XLIX. The Sparks of Flint and Steel.
  • OBSERVAT. L. Of Hair.
  • OBSERVAT. LI. Of Aromatical, Electrical, and Magneti∣cal Effluxions.
    • Some Considerations, Corollaries, and De∣ductions, Anatomical, Physical, and Op∣tical, drawn from the former Experi∣ments and Observations.
    • A Digression of the Animal Spirits.
    • Fourth Deduction.
    • The Fifth COROLLARY▪ Anatomical Considerations about the Eye.
• title page
• epigraph
• The Second Book.
• MERCURIAL EXPERIMENTS.
  • CHAP. I.
    • Experiment 1.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
    • Doctor Pascal's Experiment 2.
    • Experiment 3.
  • CHAP. IV.
    • Experiment 4. That it is not Light onely, which supplies this seeming Vacuity.
  • CHAP. V.
    • Experiment 5.
  • CHAP. VI.
    • Experiment 6.
    • Experiment 7.
    • I shall answer your Second Objection with this following (which may pass for the 9.) Experiment.
  • CHAP. VII.
    • Experiment 10.
    • Experiment 11.
    • Experiment 12.
    • Experiment 13.
    • Experiment 14.
    • Experiment 15. Of Auzotius.
  • CHAP. VIII.
    • Experiment 1.
    • Experiment 2.
    • Experiment 3.
    • Experiment 4.
    • Experiment 5.
    • Experiment 6.
    • Experiment 7.
    • Experiment 8.
  • CHAP. IX.
    • Experiment 9.
    • Experiment 10.
    • Experiment II.
    • Experiment 12.
  • CHAP. X.
  • CHAP. XI.
  • CHAP. XII.
    • Experiment 1.
    • Experiment 2.
    • Experiment 3.
    • Experiment 4.
    • Experiment 5.
      • Mr. Charles Townley his Experiment; from which, he would deduce a Perpetual Motion.
• title page
• A CONFUTATION OF GRANDAMICVS HIS MAGNETICAL TRACTATE, DE IMMOBILITATE TERRAE. The Third Book.
  • CHAP. I.
  • CHAP. II.
  • CHAP. III.
  • CHAP. IV.
  • CHAP. V.
  • CHAP. VI.
• title page
• text
  • Experiment 1.
  • Experiment 2.
  • Experiment 3.
  • Experiment 4.
  • Experiment 5.
  • Of Damps.
    • Of the Suffocating Damp.
    • Of the Fiery Damp.
• The Conclusion.
  • An Essay, to prove the World's Duration, from the slow motion of the Sun's Apo∣gaeum, or the Earth's Aphelion.
• Errata.