THE

WORKS

OF

FRANCIS BACON,

BARON OF VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS, AND

LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND.

ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS, M. A.

LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE;

AND

DOUGLAS DENON HEATH,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW; LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

166988

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS
R
1921

L

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. 0. HOUGHTON.

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PREFACE

DESCRIPTIO HISTORIÆ NATURALIS ET EXPERIMENTALIS

QUALIS SUFFICIAT ET SIT IN ORDINE AD BASIN ET

FUNDAMENTA PHILOSOPHIÆ VERÆ

APHORISMI DE CONFICIENDA HISTORIA PRIMA

CATALOGUS HISTORIARUM PARTICULARIUM, SECUNDUM

CAPITA

43

47

61

97

174

DE DIGNITATE ET AUGMENTIS SCIENTIARUM

Liber primus

secundus

tertius

quartus

quintus

sextus

· 251

309

358

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