 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 pages
...motions of return,0 and some perpetual motions.0 We imitate also motions of living creatures, by images0 of men, beasts, birds, fishes, and serpents. We have...great number of other various motions, strange for equality, fineness, and subtilty.0 'We have also a mathematical house, where are represented all instruments,0... | |
 | 2003 - 198 pages
...ships and boats for going under water, and brooking of seas; also swimming-girdles and supporters. We have divers curious clocks, and other like motions...great number of other various motions, strange for equality, fineness, and subtil ty. The sources for Bacon's conception of an "inginary" were no doubt... | |
 | Philip Ball - 2005 - 221 pages
...ships and boats for going under water, and brooking of seas; also swimming girdles and supporters. We have divers curious clocks, and other like motions of return, and some perpetual motions. not so much on the model we would now associate with scientific Enlightenment rationalism, but on the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 586 pages
...ships and boats for going under water, and brooking of seas ; also swimming-girdles and supporters. do who seek to please the reader more than nature...beareth ; and chiefly well disposed in the spirits equality, fineness, and subtilty. >' We have also a mathematical house, where are represented all instruments,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2001 - 136 pages
...have 15 divers curious Clocks ; And other like Motions of Returne : And some Perpetuall Motions. Wee imitate also Motions of Living Creatures, by Images, of Men, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Serpents. Wee have also a great Number of other Various Motions, strange for Equality, Finenesse, and Subtilty.... | |
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We imitate also flights of birds; we have some degrees of flying in the air. We have ships and boats for going under water and brooking of seas, also swimming-girdles and supporters. We have divers curious clocks and other like motions of return, and... 
