The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volumen 4

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu

W. Pickering, 1826

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Of Straining or Percolation outward and inward	1

Of Separations of Bodies liquid by weight	7

Of Turning Air into Water	14

Of the Secret Nature of Flame	20

Of Meats and Drinks most Nourishing	29

Of Medicines applied in Order	38

Of Change of Aliments and Medicines	44

Of Induration of Bodies	51

Of Making Herbs and Fruits Medicinable	236

Of the Degenerating of Plants and of their Transmu	248

Of the Procerity and Lowness of Plants and of Artificial	252

Of Producing Perfect Plants without Seed	262

Of the Lasting of Plants	268

Of all Manner of Composts and Helps for Ground	275

Of Plants Experiments Promiscuous	284

Of the Healing of Wounds	352

Of the Force of Union	57

Of Nourishment of Young Creatures in the Egg	59

Of Impossibility of Annihilation	65

Of Making Feathers and Hairs of divers colours 69	69

Of the Nullity and Entity of Sounds	74

Of Production Conservation and Delation of Sounds	80

Of Magnitude Exility and Damps of Sounds	87

Of Loudness and Softness of Sounds	95

Of Proportion of Treble and Base	102

CENTURY III	109

Of the Medium of Sounds	115

Of Melioration of Sounds	121

Of Consent and Dissent between Audibles and Visibles	130

Of Sympathy and Antipathy of Sounds	137

Of Prolongation of Life	143

Of Clarification of Liquors and the Acceleration there	150

Of Making Gold	159

Of Inducing and Accelerating Putrefaction	167

Of Acceleration of Birth	173

Of Subterrany Fires	179

Of the Lasting of Flame	187

Of the Goodness and Choice of Waters	193

CENTURY V	200

Of Retarding or Putting Back Germination	206

Of Compound Fruits and Flowers	226

Of the Tenderness of the Teeth	358

Of Leaping	367

Of Sweat	373

Of Drunkenness	382

Of Pestilential years	388

Of Cuttle Ink	394

Of Species Visible	401

Of Abundance of Nitre in certain Seashores	408

Of the Correcting of Wines	414

Of the Healthfulness or Unhealthfulness of	415

Of Preservation of Bodies	421

Of the Nature of Appetite in the Stomach	436

Of Fetid and Fragrant Odours	446

Of the two kinds of Pneumaticals in Bodies	452

Of Certain Cements and Quarries	458

Of Producing Fruit without Core or Stone	461

Of Blows and Bruises	467

Of the Colour of the Sea or other Water	473

Of the Scarlet Dye	479

Of Creatures that Sleep all Winter	485

Of the Emission of Spirits in Vapour or Exhalation	495

Of Emission of Spiritual Species which Affect	503

Of the Secret Virtue of Sympathy and Antipathy	517

Of Secret Virtues and Proprieties	533

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Francis Bacon,Basil Montagu
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Título	The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volumen 4 The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Basil Montagu
Autores	Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu
Editor	Basil Montagu
Editor	W. Pickering, 1826
Procedencia del original	la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York
Digitalizado	30 Nov 2005

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