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p._n 39_o l._n 5._o r._n anaximenes_n p._n 43._o l._n 16._o r._n one_o id._n l._n 24._o r._n christophorus_n p._n 65._o l._n 26._o r._n vegetable_n p._n 133._o l._n 24._o r._n 2_o cor._n twelve_o the_o content_n chap._n i._n the_o introduction_n page_n 1._o chap._n ii_o the_o way_n of_o improve_n useful_a knowledge_n propose_v the_o advantage_n this_o age_n have_v from_o the_o great_a advancement_n of_o chemistry_n and_o anatomy_n p._n 9_o chap._n iii_o another_o great_a advantage_n of_o late_a time_n from_o the_o improvement_n of_o mathematics_n particular_o of_o arithmetic_n algebra_n and_o geometry_n discourse_v by_o instance_n p._n 19_o chap._n iu._n improvement_n in_o geometry_n by_o des_n cartes_n vieta_n and_o dr._n wallis_n p._n 31._o chap._n v._n the_o late_a improvement_n of_o astronomy_n p._n 38._o chap._n vi_o improvement_n of_o optic_n and_o geography_n p._n 46._o chap._n vii_o that_o useful_a knowledge_n be_v to_o be_v aid_v by_o instrument_n modern_a instance_n of_o 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