Transcriber's note: This book was published in two volumes, of which this is the first. The second volume was released as Project Gutenberg ebook #45395, available at http:www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45395. Italic text has been marked with _underscores_. Please see the end of this Project for further notes. Engraved by permission of the Council of the Royal Society from the original painting.…
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