The P R E F À C Ë.
ând thé Third, the Britifli, Phoenician,
Armenian, Greek und Roman Antiquities
of thefe Counfies.
As for the firfl, There is an Account
given therein of the various Temperatures
of the Air in thofe Parts, wish the different
Effects it has upon Humane Gonftituti-
ons, and other Animals v The Preffure of
the Air is likewife fully éxamindf and it s
made highly probable firm various Experts
ments, that the Afcent of the Mercury in
Glafs Tubes is not made by an External Pref
fure upon the Surface of the Qgickfilver
contained in the Cup, but by the various
Elafticities of the Air in the Top of the
Tube.
The Rife of Rivers, Meeres, Lakes,
P onds and Springs, with the Origin of them:,
is here accounted for ; the Principles of Mineral
Waters from divers Experiments de-
monftrated ; a full Account of Hot and Cold
Baths, and in thofe Waters the different
Caufesof Heat and Cold affignd, with their
various
The P R fi P A C l ,
various Effe0 upon Humane Bodies;
Likewife, thine is an Enquiry made into
met withy With the Methods of Improving
them, and the f e s ta l Mamfdfiunes that aft
orrnay be madefrom them ; th eMofies#
Morafles, mreffeAto their H atmedndm
get at ion, from the Plants that grow upon them,
are examined, with the different Trees
found in them, and divers other Phamo-
menaV ; An Univerfal Deluge is fully
demonftrated from f venal Topicks; but
that there was a total Diffolution of the
whole Strata of the Earth*/ thmtimffis
prmed impoffible, both from Scripture and
Obfervations///Nature: Whence'tifevident,
Dr. Woodward^ Hypothefis is ErroneousJ
as is likewife that of the Theorift,
I have farther) confidered tpe different
Minerals rndM m zh,, made kmious Experiments
upon them, and have not pad
over the Methods of difcovetmg an Elf ay
mg them * the Mineral Damps are alfb
examined,