The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

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Of the incorporation of powders and liquors 47 Of the degenerating of plants, and of their
Of exercise of the body, and the benefits or transmutation one into another........ 72
evils thereof........................... 46 Of the procevity and lowness of plants, and
Of meats soon glutting, or not glutting.... 46 of artificial dwarfing them............ 73
Of the rudiments of plants, and of the exCENTURYt IV. crescences of plants, or super-plants... 74
Of clarification of liquors and the accelera- Of producing perfect plants without seed... 76
tion thereof.......................... 47 Of foreign plants........................ 77
Of maturation, and the accelerating thereof; Of the seasons of several plants....... 77
and of the maturation of drinks and fruits 48 Of the lasting of plants.......... 78
Of making gold......................... 49 Of several figures of plants............... 78
Of the several natures of gold............. 50 Of some principal differences in plants. 79
Of inducing and accelerating putrefaction.. 50 Of all manner of composts and helps for
Of prohibiting and preventing putrefaction.. 51 ground.......................... 79
Of rotten wood shining.................. 52
Of acceleration of birth.................. 53 CENTRY VI
Of acceleration of growth and stature...... 53 Of the affinities and differences between
Of bodies sulphureous and mercurial...... 53 plants and bodies inanimate............ 81
Of the chameleon....................... 54 Of affinities and differences between plants
Of subterrany fires.................. 54 and living creatures, and of the confiners
Of nitrous water........................ 54 and participles of both................. 81
Of congealing of air..................... 54 Of plants, experiments promiscuous........ 82
Of congealing of water into crystal........ 54 Of the healing of wounds................ 89
Of preserving the smell and colour in rose Of fat diffused in flesh............... 89
leaves................................ 55 Of ripening drink speedily........... 89
Of the lasting of flame.................... 55 Of pilosity and plumage.................. 89
Of infusions or burials of divers bodies in Of the quickness of motion in birds....... 90
earth................................ 56 Of the clearness of the sea, the north wind
Of the effects on men's bodies from several blowing............................ 90
winds.............................. 57 Of the different heats of fire and boiling
Of winter and summer sicknesses......... 57 water............................... 90
Of pestilential years..................... 57 Of the qualifications of heat by moisture... 90
Of epidemical diseases................... 57 Of yawning.................. 90
Of preservation of liquors in wells, or deep Of the hiccough...................... 90
vaults o.............................. 57 Of sneezing.................. 90
Of stutting............................. 57 Of the tenderness of the teeth............ 91
Of sweet smells...................,,... 58 Of the tongue......................... 91
Of the goodness and choice of waters...... 58 Of the mouth out of taste................ 91
Of temperate heats under the equinoctial.. 59 Of some prognostics of pestilential seasons.. 91
Of the coloration of black and tawny Moors. 59 Of special simples for medicines......... 91
Of motion after the instant of death........ 59 Of Venus.............................. 91
Of the insects, or creatures bred of putrefacCEsTURY V. tion................................. 92
Of accelerating or hastening forward germi-' Of leaping............................. 93
nation............................. 60 Of the pleasures and displeasures of hearing,
Of retarding or putting back germination. 61 and of the other senses................. 93
Of meliorating, or making better, fruits and
plants............................. 62 CENTURY VIII.
Of compound fruits and flowers........... 66 Of veins of earth medicinal............... 94
Of sympathy and antipathy of plants...... 67 Of sponges............................. 94
Of making herbs and fruits medicinal...... 69 Of sea-fish in fresh waters................ 94
Of attraction by similitude of substance.... 94
CTINTURY VI. Of certain drinks in Turkey............. 94
Of curiosities about fruits and plants....... 70 Of sweat..........................., 95