1. Libraries, ib.

2. New editions, ib.

a heraldry of precedence among, viii. 432.

Boreas, ab alto spirat, iii. 228.

nomen alterum Etesiæ, iii. 229. assecla mundi, iii. 232. qualitates ei peculiares, iii. 236242.

alternationes ejus cum Austro

signa hyemis et ventorum, iii. 263. See North wind. Borgia de Gallorum in Italiam expeditione, vii. 57. Bos, brevis ævi, iii. 357.

boves ex pascuis novis novas carnes recipere, iii. 468. Boscovich, his theory, i. 345. Boswell, Sir Wm., custodian of Bacon's manuscripts after his death, v. 188-194. Botanic gardens, viii. 401. Bouillet, M., his edition of "Euvres Philosophiques," i. 179.

Bowels, offices of the principal, x. 118.

Breath on glass, &c., iv. 215. of life, what, ix. 49.

of man, offensive during south wind, ix. 405. Brightness, to produce, vi. 60. Britain, the ancient mother name of the island, viii. 428. British Association, system of observations by, would have been approved by Bacon, ii. 39.

British Channel, tides in, x. 332, 333. Briza, ventus inter tropicos, iii. 226, 228.

Brize, a tropical wind, ix. 392, 393. blows north-east, ix. 394. under the equinoctial, iv. 350. Bruise, swelling of, reduced by applying a cold metallic body, why, v. 98.

Brutes, their souls, ix. 49.

a corporeal substance compounded of the natures of air and flame, ix. 50.

why worshipped by the Egyptians, ix, 65, 66.

Bruti, solertiæ eorum, i. 436.

animæ quales, ii. 345-348.
in templis Ægyptorum, cur, vii.

126.

Brutus Lucius, his sentence on his sons, ix. 212. filii ejus, iii. 32. Bubbles, iv. 170.

to blow, i. 408.

Buchanan, his History of Scotland, ii. 207.

Burgundi Principis Aurasionensis interfectoris patientia, ii. 313. Burgundy, Duke of, story of the announcement of his death, v. 156. Burials in earth, iv. 342, 343. experiments with fruits, iv. 342. with beer and vinegar, ib. with precious stones to restore the colours, iv. 343.

Burning glasses, to make, vii. 177.

Bacon not familiar with, i. 378. Burrage, infusion of, iv. 167. Burying alive, instances of, x. 151. Butterflies resuscitated by warmth, viii. 249; x. 213.

C.

Cabinet of knowledge, ix. 190. Cælestia. Vide Cœlestia. Cæmentaria historia conscribenda, ii. 68.

Cærimoniæ, antitheta de eis, ii. 482, 483.

Cæsalpinus, his theory of tides, v. 236,

241.

Cæsar, Augustus, "Plaudite" at his death, iii. 89, 90; ix. 269. his euthanasia, vi. 249. Cæsar, Julius, ii. 107.

at Alexandria, his method of obtaining fresh water on the sea shore, iv. 159.

letter to Oppius and Balbus, viii. 403.

his power of dictation to five
secretaries, ix. 16.

when the entrails were not fa-
vourable, ix. 268, 269.
abandoned a civil life for a mili-
tary, why, ix. 279.
his friends, ix. 280.
his ambition, ix. 285.

an example of learning combin-
ed with military excellence,
vi. 99, 154.

his book of Apophthegms, vi.
159; viii. 438.

his Commentaries, vi. 158.
his De Analogiâ, ii. 161, 414; vi.
159; ix. 111.

his Anti-Cato, ii. 162; vi. 159.
computation of the year reform-
ed by him, ib.

his remarkable speeches, vi. 160.
exemplum conjunctionis virtutis
militariæ et literariæ, ii. 162-
165.

Librum Commentariorum, ii.
161.
Calendarium, ii. 162.
Apophthegmata, ib.

oratio incipiens, " Ego Quirites,"
ib.

Non Rex sum sed Cæsar, ii. 163.

opificia ejus in operibus humanis,
i. 522-527.
artificialis, i. 526.

caloris remissioris potestas ad-
huc latet, ib.
diversitates ejus, i. 527.
caloris graduati opificia, i. 528.
inæqualitas ordinata caloris, filia
cœli est et generationis mater,
ib.
ignis a calore solis quatuor mo-
dis differt, i. 432.
spirituum, iii 490.
officium ejus, iii. 412.

quomodo servandus, iii. 421,
422.

Calumniate boldly, forsome of it will stick, ix. 281.

Camelus longævus, iii. 356.
Camera Cantabrigiæ sonora, vii.
200.

Camomile Alley, iv. 218.
Campanæ sonus, vii. 220, 221.

experimentum trium campana. rum, vii. 221. Campanella, de sensu rerum, i. 106 107.

a disciple of Telesius, v. 285.

Campbell, Lord, on Bacon's fainting-
fits, i. 56.

Canaries, tree in, ever dripping with
water, i. 525; x. 253.
Candle surrounded by spirits of wine,
an experiment, x. 446.
Canes containing water, x. 253.
Canicula, change of a star in, x. 440.
stella in coxâ ejus, vii. 323.
Canis brevis ævi, iii. 356.
Cannæ copiam aquæ præbentes, iv.
105.

Cannon-ball, discharged, continuing
vibration of, x. 216.

Cantharides, where bred, v. 22.
Cape Verde, iv. 351.

Caper, cur brevioris ævi, iii. 357.
Caphe, herba opiata, iii. 414.
Capital punishments, ix. 322.
Carbonic acid gas, heat simulated by,

i. 357.

Cardamon, Persian children fed on,
iv. 330.

Cardan, his theory of tides, v. 240.
Cardanus, vii. 19, 75, 118.

Cardinal virtues in nature, viii. 370.
Cardinales virtutes in naturâ, ii. 59.
Carmosina lanea, iii. 437.
Carneades a Ronâ dimissus, ii. 106.
Carnes, an licet comedere, iii. 71.
Carpenter of Fortune, ix. 288.
Carriage towards princes and rulers,
ix. 251-253.

good, importance of, ix. 234. See
Behaviour.
Caryophyllea, i. 401.

Cases omitted by the law, three rem-
edies for, ix. 315.

Caspian Sea, whether it ebbs and
flows, viii. 368; x. 339.
Caspium Mare, utrum fluxum aqua-
rum habet, ii. 57; v. 266, 267.
Cassandrum, dictum Alexandri ad,
ii. 158.

Castoreum, preservative against gout
and rheums, vii. 424.
Casus aliquis in cogitationibus hu-
manis, i. 339.

omnia nobilia inventa per casum,
i. 424.

inventionum multorum pater,
vii. 133.

omissus. See Leges.
Catalogue of the titles of particular
branches of natural history,
viii. 373-381.

of Polychrests needed, viii. 517.
Catalogus historiarum naturalium
particularium, ii. 61–69.
Cataract, during removal of, opera-
tor's needle visible to the eye,
iv. 292.

operation for, viii. 293.
Cataractæ cœli, i. 435.

oculorum, i. 477, 478.
Categories of Aristotle, reflected in the
second part of Bacon's Summary
Philosophy, i. 100.

Catena, summum naturalis catenæ
annulum pedi solii Jovis affigi, ii.

105.

Caterpillar bred of dew and leaves,

v. 21.

Cathari, hæretici, iii. 469.

Catinum sub aquam cum aëre de-
mersum, vii. 252.

Cato the elder, his versatility of mind,
ix. 287.

his vigour of character, ix. 268.
his counsel respecting Carnea-
des, vi. 98.

how punished for his blasphemy
against learning, vi. 105.
on the Roman character, ix. 232.
de dimissione Carneadis, ii. 106.
linguam Græcam addiscens, ii.
112.

Cato the younger, Cicero's praise of,
ii. 110; ix. 214, 225.
Causa, formalis, ii. 288-293.
efficiens, ii. 290.

finalis, ii. 294-297.

naturalem philosophiam cor-
rupit, vii. 52.

causæ quatuor, materia, forma,
efficiens, et finis, i. 342.

scimus per causas, operamur per
media, vii. 50.
secundæ, ii. 104.

Cause, the formal, vi. 58.

causes, Aristotle's classification of
ii. 267.

Cause, continued.

Celestial bodies

four kinds of, material, formal, efficient, and final, viii. 168.

formal cause.

See Forms.

physic handles the material and efficient, metaphysic the formal and final, viii. 485. connection of causes and effects, viii. 481.

Caution, a means of covering defects, vi. 374.

Cave, idols of the, viii. 77, 84-86. Celestial hierarchy, degrees of the, vi. 137.

vessels, or emanations of Script-
ure, ix. 355, 361.
bodies, with regard to eternity
and mutability, do not differ
from sublunary bodies, x. 312-
315.

a history of, x. 413-460.
divisions of the work, x. 417.
1. Questions concerning the sys-
tem of the universe.

a. whether there be any
system, x. 419-421.
b. what is the centre of that
system? x. 421, 422.
c. what the depth and ex-
tent? x. 423, 424.

d. what the connection? x.
425-430.

as to the inter-stellar vacuum, x. 425.

as to the density of the heavenly bodies, x. 426. as to the nature of the pure ether, x. 427-430. e. what the order of the heavens? x. 430, 431. 2. questions concerning the substance of the heavenly bodies, x. 433-460, 463468.

what the substance of the heaven in kind, x. 434445.

what of the interstellar

ether, x. 445-456. what of the milky way, 456-458.

X.

what of the stars, x. 459. Their motions, x. 468-480. some are cosmical, x. 469474.

some mutual, x. 474–479. four kinds of greater mo

continued.

Ceres discovered by Pan, viii. 455. Certa scientia, an possibilis, i. 233. certitudinis gradus propositi, i. 234.

duæ viæ ad inveniendam veritatem, i. 245.

Certainty of direction, what vi. 53. whether attainable at all by men, viii. 60.

progressive stages of, proposed, ib.

two modes of attaining, viii. 71. how far attainable, ix. 70.* Cervorum vita celebratur ob longi. tudinem, iii. 356.

Chaldæan astrology, an example of experimental divination, vi. 255. Chalybs præparatus, ii. 381. Chambers of health in New Atlantis, v. 400.

Chameleons, their habits, iv.333,334. used in magic to raise tempests, iv. 334.

Chance, inventions often to be referred to, vi. 262.

has something to do with men's thoughts, ix. 66.

the originator of sciences, ix. 65. See Luck.

Change, all things are changed and nothing lost, viii. 473. Chaos coeval with Love, x. 343.

signifies the rude mass or congregation of matter, x. 344. coævus Amori, v. 289. congregationem materiæ inconditam significabat, v. 290, 291. informe, quid significat, v. 299. Character, best judged of at home, vi. 367.

human, varieties of, undescribed, ix. 216.

shown best in history, ix. 217. necessity of the study of, ix. 271-280.

characters and tempers of men's dispositions, vi. 332. Characteres ingeniorum a naturâ impressi, iii. 36, 37. reales, ii. 412, 413.

Characters real, used in China and the Levant to express things and notions, vi. 283.

Charcoal, effect of, in a close room, v. 128.

Chariot of the Fathers of Salomon's house in the New Atlantis, v. 396.

chariots moved by the wind, ix. 447, 448.

Charitas, antidotus sive aroma scientiæ, ii. 102, 103. vera, quid, iii. 49. Charity the bond of perfection, why, ix. 227.

admits of no excess, ix. 228. Charles V. Emperor, to his son, ix. 296. Charles VIII. of France, his mode of warfare, viii. 459. Charms, v. 147-162.

narratives of, to have place in history of marvels, viii. 412. Cheiromantia res vana, ii. 316. Chemical histories proposed, viii. 375.

Chemistry, experiments in, vii. 416419.

Childhood, the recollections of, sweet to old men, x. 102. See Acceleration of Growth.

Chimistæ, de iis narratur fabula senis qui filiis aurum in vinea legavit, vii. 121.

Chimistarum philosophia, vii. 80. fabrica opinionis, vii. 81. quatuor rerum matrices, sive elementa, ib.

China gold, vi. 59.

Chinenses confectiones porcellana sepeliunt, i. 522, 523.

Chinese, their mode of writing, ii. 411, 412.

despair of making gold, but not silver, iv. 315.

their custom of painting the cheeks, v. 28.

bury their porcelain clay, viii. 335.

Chiromancy an imposture, ix. 19, 20. Chocolate, whether meat or drink, v. 403.

government, vi. 411.

the preserver of all heathen learning, vi. 423.

ship of the, ix. 345.

her garment of divers colours, ix. 352.

her bounds to be defined, ib. Chymica, ii. 133, 134.

historia chymicæ conscribendæ, ii. 64. Chymistæ, ii. 134; vii. 22, 230. Cicero quoted, ii. 118, 141, 143, 177,

181, 182, 210, 293, 310, 312, 387, 401, 441, 442, 448, 459, 491, 495; iii. 27, 46, 53, 55, 59, 66, 87, 97, 101, 106, 107, 108, 115, 117, 132; vii. 20. his complaint of the school of Socrates, vi. 43.

a warning to the irresolute, vi.

102.