The Religious Philosopher: Or, The Right Use of Contemplating the Works of the Creator

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Religious Philofopher :

Or, the Right USE of Hambl 1733 Contemplating the Works of the CREATOR.

I. In the wonderful Structure of Animal Bodies, and in particular MA N.

II. In the no less wonderful and wife Formation of the ELEMENTS, and their various Effects upon Animal and Vegetable Bodies. And, III. In the moft amazing Structure of the HEAVENS, with all its Furniture;

DESIGNED

For the Conviction of ATHEISTS and INFIDELS.

VOL. II.

Throughout which, all the late DISCOVERIES in Anatomy, Philofophy and Aftronomy, together with the various Experiments made ufe of to illuftrate the fame, are moft copiously handled by that Learned Mathematician, Dr. NIE UWEŃTYT.

Tranflated from the Duiginal,

By JOHN CHAMBERLAYNE, Efq; F. R. S.

Adorn'd with CUTS.

LONDON:

Printed for J.SENEX in Salisbury-Court, and W.TAYLOR at the Ship in Pater-Nofter-Row. MDCCXIX.

N. B. The Third and Laft VOLUME is in the Prefs, and will be finifh'd in a short time.

KPD 3376(2),

THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

Second VOLUMNE

Dr. Nieuwentyt's Contemplations.

CONTEMPLATION XVII. Page 367.

Of the AIR.

Se&t. 1.20

Ranfition to the Contemplation of

the World.

Sea, II. And first of the Air.

Se&. III. The Gravity and Ela-

fticity of Air.

Se&t. IV. An Experiment concerning the Gravity of the

Air.

Sect. V, and VI. The Air's Elaftic Faculty prov'd

Experimentally.

Sect. VII. The Preffure of the Air.

Sect. VIII. The Miftakes of fome Atheists.

Sect. IX. A Defcription of Barometers, &c.

Se& X. A Barometer made of Water and Lie, with

Some Experiments.

Scct. XI. The prodigious Preffure of the Air upon a

Man.

Se&. XII. Convictions from the foregoing Obferva-

tions.

Sec. XIII, and XIV. Other Experiments proving

the Preffure of the Air.

Sect. XV. Convictions from the foregoing Obferva-

tions.

Sect. XVI. A little Air refifts a greater Quantity.

Se&t. XVII. A little Air gravitates as ftrongly as a
great deal of Air.

Sect. XVIII. The Difference between the Gravity and

Elafticity of the Air.

Sec. XIX. How the Elaftic Power of the Air works

by the Gravity thereof.

Se&t. XX. The Air that bears moft Weight is most
compress'd.

Sect. XXI. Air that is moft Compreffed is most
Elaftic.

Se&t. XXII. Convictions from the foregoing Obferva

tions.

Sect. XXIII, and XXIV. The Elaftic Power of
the Air is the Caufe of Suction, proved Experimentally.
Sect. XXV. Convictions from the foregoing abferva-

Sect. XXVI. Experiments to fhew that Living Crea-

tures will perish in a Place from which the Air is ex-

hausted.

Sect. XXVII. Atheists deny their own Principles.

Se&t. XXVIII. To die in an Unelaftical Air is no

neceffary Confequence of Nature.

Sect. XXIX. To die therefore in an Air divefted of its

Elafticity is only the refult of the Will of GOD.

Sect.

Sect. XXX. The Elaftic Faculty of the Air is not fuffi-
cient alone for the Prefervation of Life.

Sect. XXXI. The Elaftic Power of the Air does like-
wife caufe Fish to live and fubfift under Water.

Sect. XXXII. Plants do alfo live by Air.