The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Vol. 1 of 10 (Classic Reprint) by Francis Bacon (Paperback / softback, 2015)
Excerpt from The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Vol. 1 of 10 Of the rudiments of plants, and of the excrescences of plants, or super-plants; Of producing perfect plants without seed; Of foreign plants; Of the seasons of several plants; Of the lasting of plants; Of several figures of plants; Of some principal differences in plants; Of all manner of composts and helps for ground; Of the affinities and differences between plants, and bodies inanimate; Of affinities and differences between plants and living creatures, and of the confiners and participles of both; Of plants experiments promiscuous; Of the healing of wounds; Of fat diffused in flesh; Of ripening drink speedily; Of pilosity and plumage; Of the quickness of motion in birds; Of the clearness of the sea, the rth wind blowing; Of the different heats of fire and boiling water; Of the qualification of heat by moisture; Of yawning; Of the hiccough; Of sneezing; Of the tenderness of the teeth; Of the tongue; Of the mouth out of taste; Of some progstic of pestilential seasons; Of special simples for medicines; Of Venus; Of the insecta, or creatures bred of putrefaction; Of leaping; Of the pleasures and displeasures of hearing, and of the other senses About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.