Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society : wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected, and rectified: whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi, and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject. Translated out of Italian. With a brief account of those passages of the authors life, which the virtuosi intended most to censure, and expatiate upon ... Together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c / By Henry Stubbe.

  • Henry Stubbe
Date:
1670
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Credit: Legends no histories, or, A specimen of some animadversions upon The history of the Royal Society : wherein, besides the several errors against common literature, sundry mistakes about the making of salt-petre and gun-powder are detected, and rectified: whereunto are added two discourses, one of Pietro Sardi, and another of Nicolas Tartaglia relating to that subject. Translated out of Italian. With a brief account of those passages of the authors life, which the virtuosi intended most to censure, and expatiate upon ... Together with the Plus ultra of Mr. Joseph Glanvill reduced to a non-plus, &c / By Henry Stubbe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mìnifìer of State, difc« f, obfervech , bat commends not the Emperor Rudnlphnsj in that he made a Ship and Forge of his Ca¬ bine^ and reduced all his Imperial thoughts into the fearch of the Philofo- phers-ftone, and to make Watches and Djm als. Martin. Ridando in dedic. ad pragyrs^ nafm. Alcbcmi*. 'Mmadverjtons upon the Epiftle aforefdid, IT is a fign that our Hirtuofols little acquainted with the condition of Europe 3 and that the Intelligence of thele Curieufs is as bad or worfe than ever deceived the Man of Stagyra^ in that he fays 3 that of dll the Kings of Europe his Majejfj was the fir(l 3 who confirmed this Noble defign of Experi* mnts by his own example*. *- Had of Cbymfts to promote Natural and ufe- fui Experiments in Phyfick and Pkilofopkyy did he not oftentimes work himfelf in thofe Laboratories where they had Ruhn- dw and others for his alii dents l take the teftimony of one that was prefent with him* Nec attinet fuperìorum amorum Im¬ peratore* 3 Principe* 3 & tot am Nobili um }'amili am citare *3 cum. mx* tnfefiffimumfit, multum fludiij. labor is y diligentiatque fumptuum in nobiliff mam hanc ariem [Chemise] collocajje Aagufiffimum ■noflrum Cxfarem Rudolphum adducere licebit, quern publica fama pajfm cSnfat, drlem hanc Alchemic impenfe amare, artificiumque ftudiofe de his exquirere, non raro ipfa Chymiea aggredi 5 XraBan- dajttenec dedignari- - Did not -dtlpbonfo the lad King of that name in Naples try many Experiments in his Gardens I and when he poorly abandoned his Countrcy and Riches to the French5 did he not ( admire him , O ye Comical Wits\ ) did he not with feveral choice Seeds remember to fhip fome excellent Bottles of v/iney and fo retired to Sicily ? Did not King Charles the Fit ft encourage and aflftft Dr. Harvey in the Difquilitions about the Circulation of tbs Blood, and Generation of Animals' i Hath not there been at Florence an Academy for Experiments in all manner of Philofophy promoted and kept on foot by theU^- cal Family l Is there not} by the encouragement of the Popes fa. Laboratory and Colfedge of Jefrits at Rome, whofe great wofk w ‘hath