A treatise on the nature and property of fire. In three essays. I. Shewing the cause of vitality, and muscular motion.... II. On electricity. III. Shewing the mechanical cause of magnetism; and why the compass varies in the manner it does / by John Freke.

  • Freke, John, 1688-1756.
Date:
1752
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the nature and property of fire. In three essays. I. Shewing the cause of vitality, and muscular motion.... II. On electricity. III. Shewing the mechanical cause of magnetism; and why the compass varies in the manner it does / by John Freke. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nature (hews to be falfe; or elfe, i£ you grant it me, that the Power given by the Sun is ftronger than any that can be produced by the Operations of Man, the thing I con¬ tend for is proved. To obviate any Cavil which may be railed about it, I fhall proceed to alk fuch Queftions as, I think, a doubting Reader would be glad to have alked : And therefore I delire to know, How it will be proved, that the Heat from the Sun is more in- tenfe than from any other Materials ? In order to anfwer this Queftion, I beg Leave again to quote another Obfervation from Dr. Boerhaave; which will prove of greater Force than if it proceeded from my own or any Perfon’s Obfervation, who pretends