PREFACE. THIS Volume contains the TRANSLATIONS; 1st, of the "Instauratio Magna," excepting the translation of the first book, the Treatise De Augmentis Scientiarum:" and, 2dly, of one of the Posthumous Tracts. The contents may be exhibited as follows: Preparation for a Natural and Experimental History BOOK III. NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HISTORY Preliminaries History of Winds of Density and Rarity of Sympathy and Antipathy of Sulphur, Mercury, and Salt of Life and Death BOOK IV. Scaling Ladder of the InTELLECT 14 27 31 91 of Heavy and Light 303 303 304 309 424 BOOK V. ANTICIPATIONS OF THE SECOND PHILOSOPHY 428 Thoughts on the Nature of Things 431 Book II. NOVUM ORGANUM. The first edition of this work was published in folio, in 1620, when Lord Bacon was Chancellor. Editions in 12mo. were published in Holland in 1645, 1650, and 1660. An edition was published in 1779; "Wirceburgi, Apud Jo. Jac. Stahel: and an edition was published at Oxford in 1813. No assistance to this, or, as I am aware, to any part of Lord Bacon's works, has been rendered by the University of Cambridge. VOL. XIV. b |