Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Brown and Taggard, 1862 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 203 - For heat and cold are nature's two hands, whereby she chiefly worketh ; and heat we have in readiness, in respect of the fire ; but for cold we must stay till it cometh, or seek it in deep caves, or high mountains : and when all is done, we cannot obtain it in any great degree : for furnaces of fire are far hotter than a summer's sun ; but vaults or hills are not much colder than a winter's frost.
Página 232 - Perspective hath been with some diligence inquired ; and so hath the nature of sounds, in some sort, as far as concerneth music. But the nature of sounds in general hath been superficially observed. It is one of the subtilest pieces of nature.
Página 366 - ... verjuice. It is true, that in Italy and other countries where they have hotter sun, they raise them upon elms and trees ; but I conceive, that if the French manner of planting low were brought in use there, their wines would be stronger and sweeter. But it is more chargeable in respect of the props. It were good to...
Página 346 - ... of itself is such a compound body, of cream, curds, and whey, as it is easily turned and dissolved. It were good also to try the beer when it is in wort, that it may be seen whether the hanging in the well will accelerate the ripening and clarifying of it. Experiment solitary touching stuffing. 1 386. Divers, we see, do stut. The cause may be (in most) the refrigeration of the tongue ; whereby it is less apt to move.
Página 211 - ... and many more ; but we will speak of them distinctly. 83. For indurations by cold, there be few trials of it ; for we have no strong or intense cold here on the surface of the earth, so near the beams of the sun and the heavens. The likeliest trial is by snow and ice ; for as snow and ice, especially being holpen and their cold activated by nitre or salt, •will turn water into ice, and that in a few hours ; so it may be, it will turn wood or stiff clay into stone, in longer time.
Página 224 - ... of them to nothing-. And herein is contained also a great secret of preservation of bodies from change ; for if you can prohibit, that they neither turn into air, because no air cometh to them, nor go into the bodies adjacent, because they are utterly heterogeneal ; nor make a round and circulation within themselves ; they will never change though they be in their nature never so perishable or mutable. We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in amber, more durable than the...
Página 280 - ... of the teacher put in motion, should work with the spirits of the learner a predisposition to offer to imitate; and so to perfect the imitation by degrees. But touching operations by transmissions of spirits, (which is one of the highest secrets in nature,) we shall speak in due place; chiefly when we come to inquire of imagination.