An account of several late voyages and discoveries

Atlvertije111ent. T HE Pofl:humous \Vorks of Robert Hool:,.,e., Al. D. S R. S . Gc0&n. Prof. Grcíh. &c. co:itaining his Cutlerian Ledures, aod other Difcouícs, rcad at the Mectings of thc llluftrious . Royal Society. In which l. The prefent Deficicncy of Natural Philofophy is difcourfed of, with the .\1etho<ls ofrendering it more certain and bencficial. 11. The Nature, Motion and Eff.:ll:s of Light are trcated of, particularly that of thc Sun and Comecs. lll. An Hypothetical Explication of Memory ; how the Organs made ufe oí by the .Mind in its Operation, may be Mcchaoic'ally underftood. l V. An H yputhdis and E~ plication of thc caufe of Gravity, or Gravitation, Magnetifm, &r. V. Dif. courfcs ot Earthquakes, their Caufcs and Effell:s, and Hiftories of feveral ; to which are annext; Phyfical Explications of feveral of the Fables in Ot·id 's / Het.t· 1 mt1rphofes, very diffcrent from other Mythologick In. terpreters. VI. Lelturcs for improving ·Navigation an:l Aflronomy, wicn tbe D::fcription of feve:-al ncw a,1<l ufcful lnftruincnts and Cont1 ivances ; che whole foll of curious Difquifitions and Expenmcnts. · Jlfu!ha· tcd with .Scolptures. To chefc Difcourfes is ¡,,rcfixt th~ Author·s Life~ giving an Account o f his Studies and Employmenu, wich an Enumcration of the man Expcrimcnts , lnfl:rumcnts. Contrivances and lnventi ons by him madc aud produc'd as Curator of Expcri menes to thc Royal Socicty. Publ i(h·d hy R.. h,m ivaUer, R . S Seer. Printcd for W,/1, .u n / ,mys, at t h 'PrinceS•Arms in St Pm,l's Church-y ;ircl, in Folio.