VI d e d i c a t i o n .
of all knowledge. By fcience truth is
advanced; and of Divine T ruth Kings
are the reprefentatives.
The work which I have now the honour
to p re lent to YOUR MAJESTY, calls the
attention of the reader to thofe laws of
Divine order by which the univerfe is
governed and fupported: in it we. find:
that the minuteft beings fhare in the'protection,
and triumph in the bounty of the
Sovereign of all things: that the infinitely
fmall manifeft to the aftonifhed eye thé
fame proportion, regularity, and defign,
which are confpicuous to the unaflifted
fight in the larger parts of creation. By
finding;
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finding - all things formed in beauty, and
produced for ufc,- the mind is railed from
the fleeting and evanefcent appearances of
matter to contemplate the permanent principles
of truth, and acknowledge-that the
whole proceeds from the wifdom that
originates in love'.:
It was by YOUR MAJESTY’S goodnefs
and gracious patronage that I was firft induced
to undertake a defcription of mathematical
and philofophical inftruments, that I
might thereby facilitate the attainment of
thofe fciences that are connected with them,
and by {hewing what was already obtained,
excite emulation, and quicken invention.
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