PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS

O F

FRANCIS BACON,

Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans,

and LORD HIGH-CHANCELLOR of England;

Methodized, and made English, from the ORIGINALS.

WITH

OCCASIONAL NOTES, to EXPLAIN what is Obscure;

And fhew how far the feveral PLANS of the AUTHOR,
for the Advancement of all the Parts of Knowledge,
have been executed to the present Time.

In THREE VOLUMES.

By PETER SHAW, M. D.
VOL. III.

Multi pertranfibunt, & augebitur Scientia.

LONDON:

Printed for J. J. and P. KNAPTON, D. MIDWINTER and A. Wa R D,
A. BETTESWORTH and C. HITCH, J. PEMBERTON, J. OSBORN
and T. LONGMAN, C. RIVINGTON, F. CLAY, J. BATLEY,
R. HETT, and T. HATCHETT. M.DCC.XXXIII.

INSTAURATION

PART III.

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