Frier Bacon, his discovery of the miracles of art, nature, and magic / Faithfully translated out of Dr. Dees own copy by T[homas] M[ay?] and never before in English.

  • Roger Bacon
Date:
1659
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Credit: Frier Bacon, his discovery of the miracles of art, nature, and magic / Faithfully translated out of Dr. Dees own copy by T[homas] M[ay?] and never before in English. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2 6 offirangeAff arifi on s « fuch materials and artifice, as it might have a natural diurnal motion. Which feems to me pofiible 5 and becaufe many things are moved with the motion of the Heavens, as Comets, the Sea-tides, with feveral other things, which are turned about either in the whole or in part. Such a work might be thought more miracu lous, and of a vafter benefit than any thing hitherto mentioned. For the perfe cting of this would fruftrate all other, whether the more curious, or the more vulgar Aftronoroicai Inftruments, which furdy would be more valuable than a Kings Coffers; and yet there may matters be brought to paife, which though they will not reach fo near a miracle, yet of farre greater publick and private profit. As the producing fo much gold or filver, as we pleafe, not by the work of Nature . yet accompliihment ©f Art: % l%nm < 5 ® in 8 ihere ma v be , ] ea j mil mi, 0U0 feven wayes of gold, ei fciiicst ex ad* by the mixture of filver mtxtime argen- with gold ; and the firft u cm auY0 ' P way is made by fixteen parts of gold with tome parrs of fil ver, which will attain the four and twentieth degree of gold, ah wayes