apologia d. brook taylor, j v d. & r s. soc. contra v. c j. bernoullium, math. prof. basileae

Apologia D. Brook Taylor, J V D. &R S. Soc. contra V. C J. Bernoullium, Math. Prof. BasileaeAuthor(s): Brook TaylorSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 30 (1717 - 1719), pp. 955-963Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/103347 .

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II ApolocqsiJ I). DBrook TaylorX 7 Z 1);5* & R S Soc. contra Mi c Jt Bernoublilm, lklat1v. AProyg. Bafi jcz

A(ti dw concordit {ludioSo farius c,2t i*juaias P sr jn.-re serendo, quam c)diofas convenkionez -X-lri

re ucifcendo Xterum cum patlintia IlOfll.l pro

ignal.?ia lAa5^ur, filentium pro contefElone crlmif)is &

nupcratn calunlnianz jam nova fcquitur contullleliad om-

nlno rewpontendum e0, ne nobis ip&s ceeITe :7ideaw mur. Xrl EpiliolA pro tznininte Mathetnatiro D. J Berno 1llO Adrss LxptsenEtlnus Ani I726 infertl. plagii rcus liRor {e4uentibus velbs: '* Hoc nillil novi eR in qui ' lzaidam Anglist qui {;bi (olis licere purant, alior^

4 invSn.ta t4Rq#gt {r84 impune 208rpart7; quando ipfi Ho- 6; msine(<lue t\en\kidC i;lvocant, u';ri wident, vel (altem $' vincre arbitrasirur F.xtraneos in fuoru m Tnventa maZ " nus intcrre Exetupla funt qorundam, Ut (:lley- " nwi Des Hayes, fiylori, aliZrumque, qui pagM in

4<vePntis .Herrorllii leent u/i allen0fse, sel nulld pror0gs

" fabfa mgntione Rdstoris, rel "- lalam e(t ab ipSo Ber-

noullao promanaSe lzanc ac-ufationemZ Nam in Adis LipfiellEjbus An (7IS l per tiliunl fuum fatetur Se res

itras n 11d eti/ifila roStentas q2aJd R4xi7Bam parte Ati-

so al.cai perficri ;10e. lnvidiam equidem prsdiEtz ca lumni;r a fe amovere follicite fluder, arque transferre in vicarium illum fuum, cilm ipfe proSverur, Je non dp-

Xprobare gsaffl in vlios dariMs di {enfori tofant t Sed admodum imperfedta eA i:rc purgatio. Nam calum ni3e funt quz durius clidta vocatX Ait fe diSa illa non approbare: Sed improbaAe neceSe fuit. Teilimoniuns

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t 956? denique eR pro fe tenantis * Autorem illum anonymum- Citfsv oportebar ut cunt ipCo agere licerer: Sed is ad-- hlac laciratX Qam vere autem & ex animo fie d;Xtias diHa non approbare videatur, conilare quodammodo pov tcSt ex fequentilJus, qtl:r d-e me i-pfe profert, proprio filo nomine, nulla uEus perSona : " laylorus Gcomctra

infignis dc acutus, qui ad ,profadiora nsfrJ Selicirer ' pen-erravit3 tCqe ipCiss libro de Merlrodo increnzen ' torum, proSe fentictls ilnpeditam nimis htlaiyfeos 4; fraternz proJixitatem, eamque in colnpendisn] contra>- '; here, a;c f1tnul generaliorcm nonnilzil rcddere volcnss

6 tantam rci fiadic obScuritatem ( qua in aliis quoque " brer7itarem aSedlans inapen.e deled>+ari videtur) ut du '; bitem quenquam [orb ctiam inter.pzrrpicaciores, qui ' UbiqUd & lliC imprimis nlentem- ti-ri al;equatur, inlo

ecianlfi aliunde rem cognicam habeat Vt jam nillil

< dicam de ipSo calcuto pto more c j;lss concifo qui " dc.m & contrado, fatis tanzen adlluc lotlgo & intri- 4 cato, fi quis fi-ngula ejius capita n^.snucim perfequi '$ velit; przterquam quad ctWrla Frstre meo ad tertlas

" q-uoque Ruxioncs excurrat') 3¢ Sit {ane- libr ille meus nonnillil obScurus: L)iJgicile eR in re fere nova, & aS uu conlnz-uni aliquatulum remota, non cfIb ob feurlllz1 bed nza;xime oblcuram oportet efe liStum) in clunz illa omnia vere- dl-cantur. Er fi vere dicantur, tamen filSe ul.la or1ninO causa talia dixiSe, aS in^C- tzuls nloribtus prorfus alienunn cR, 8 nlera cor-talnleliav

Sed audAo t3ernoullium de extfdio conqWcrenteln clucP nuper UttIS fum, in folutione problematis teiniCta-ni in l[ ranadrionilDus Plai-loSopllicis edi-ta-. SyIum acriorem roplAnendit quam viruna bene moratum deceat, itClN nimgm contemptum Ex-tra-ncorLlmZ <U1a lsberius ef fa£us futn, I,zc funt: (' SiJ nondunl 7iierine E fau-teres

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q AR. Leipf, And s718. M [an. p 18 Lenlanitsi ].



(957 ) Leibnitii ] quonlodo ex illa ̂9 t es anterlori nempe fob

utione generali 3 '& Squationes f1nt deducendzs id pros " feEto illorum insperitiz tribuendum erit" +. Hzc fateor paulo durxus fonant; fed -fi ad cauEam actendas contumelia vacaltt. Fautores Leib:<irii ( non omnes in- telligo, fed Bernouilium tantum, & Socios e3us anony mos nobis infenfos, 3 univer(os Angios indigne trR&ax runt. Solutionem-illam generalem ctlm norx intPllige- rent, derifui labeloant: In injuriofos & deliforcs mc liberius explicui; contumelia non e{t Sed ubi sllg contemptus Extraneorum ? Neminesu ego nominatitn citavi: De Fautoribus Leibnitii fum follrn locutus Sed abEt ut omnes delignatione illa otunino intelligeretn quocunque modo cauEz Leibnitii faventes; tanquam

ipfe cautz Neutonianz eSem tam pertinaciter addidsJss Ut alios omles odio habeam. iJed controverlla iRa Neutonun] inter^& Leibnitium nillil ad me. Solos a rellexi Fautores illos qui in Anglos eSent infenfi, qux me nominatim calumnia provocarunt; Sernouliium ite-

rutn dico quem Ftincipem agnovs caufw iftiusn foc- oSque ejus anonymos vel- veros vel fidlos. Hsc a pertius dico, ne alii de noRra in alios contumelia im- merito querantur. tn smmerentes injuria e«et, ill Be£*

noulltunl non eR. Sed ad ftlperiora ilwla redeo. Plagii accu{or, tanquam inventa Bernollllii, alioru m, 1A-

furpaliem ut mea. Exem.pla proferat, dabitur refponbum. Plura fane traea^7i cum allis communia; [ed in7cntis alienis fual minime ufus Ut meis. Propria ubique rum wfils Axlalyfit, ( fi lSoperimetrum excipias, de quo po- n dicetur; ) ut nullo modo dici pOiE1: me alios frau daSe. At Autores nominafic oportebat, unde artem iasu-Seratn; Tanta me quid em tenet reversn t ia iiJu

flrium nominum, HugenliX Hofipitaliis Varignoni i -Leib _ _ _

4 Tfan:. Phil. N° 3ej4. I4 . . . . @

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(958 ) Niti;, aliorUml Ut necian) an ex 11ac parte non peccaF verim, cum milli ip'vl de;lic alocar, cuxi tantos vtros citaflc {emper fuiflet cXrnanct<to. DJimia fortde igtla via erat, qued de rebu-s (UIn CcM maxime {olAicitus,

hi(lorias rerum penitals rxeglextrimX Sperabam tamen me In tatS fraudis iufplctonem incidere non potuiSe, cum iiluftrtnima tantorurn virorum opera eam ficil:

detegerent. Qut Cn1 Bernoullio communiter trada vi problemara, func de Funicularia, de Ccntro O6cil lationis, & dw tfoperilretrisX Jn dueFx}s primis fum propria omnino ufius analyf;; in ISoperincetro ufius film analyfi Autoris Jacobi )3ernotl11¢l, Viri a rebus Marle- maticis optime meriti, cui detzitos nunc perloLvo ho nores. Solutio noRra prohlemati§ de ( entro O{>ciltad . . * . . * n f * * - tlonls, cum anllcls mels COnttE2u11lCAtA C1T uxque au In tio Antli X 7 I 2. Ut teRes poSum cicare epiRolas auttv graphas Keillii noIRri; LitWr itern noner erar penes saw

cietatem Regian, & cum omnibug fere noX-is MatJleF maticis communicatus, utque a mentc Aprilts Anni § / I4 quod lic monitu nec>ariuna duxis nc & Solutiontm ilEam fibi vindicet Bernoullius; CD jtlS 5'0;utlones ffi dua: exrant eodenl 4nno sedita ; quatuni pofterior CU!" h0s ilra, quoad principia, tans nzxre colulentirx ;St jurares ab eedenl honline efEe urrafque intentas. IV1areria de fIfoperialetris excogitara pritnutn elt a Jacobo BerneF ullio ficut jam innuinzus. tJus extat tolatgo cum Ana Iyrt} in Adis Lipfielatlbus Annii 17ol. Extat AnaXyr Ids fratris in Comsnentarfis Rcgis£ Scietltantum Acade mit Anni T706. EXtaL & olutio it] kibro nofire De eadem materia CQmInGntarium nsptr edidit FSer. nouilius isl Adtis LipfielElbus Anni s7s8.j proxin-i 6*

*-

S tfterair] Ad.Lip: M*Jasn. [nConlm;Rev S .46nd M.A-Ugatst*r3+. 6 P. 6. & feq. £-iss lguvl aliaSque ob r"tisnesX au-e; ;gPre :}iSi¢ze vi

dxbor, &s« p. 18

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(959 ) Ibit ne aAum agere videatur, non meis folummodo verum etiam fraternis foffiutionibus malevolus detrahere aggreditur; fratri prolixitarem 7s milli obfcuritarem 8 ob)iciens. De novis illis iNCCptiS tlihil non magnual 9 pollicetur; & ope cajxJdatn priavipii ab twxiforazitvtis l* ges qaa7n tenwa haae/qmc o6fiersdrit, petiti, rem tOE[ pene fine calculos nullo labore abSolve-t. Sed neScio quo tato fitX ut in 11ac materia de lfoperimetris, lJer noulltus lleos omnes Semper ofEendat iratos. Nam pri- IMOJ priAina illa AnalyfiX e jus a capite ad calcetn guaf1 uIoum aliquod ̂7itium maxinxum conaituit: S4CUnd(Js quod tanrum jaaitat Principium, a lege vlaifornaicat .sX quam nnmo bucufque obServavit ( {;c cuim ftrenuus af- firmat ) pericum, a me olim obServatunl eR: lDenique quam hic tanquanz novam exhibet Anal7GIs, tota me ra frateroa etiw Analy[;n enim CQtiflitllUNt Pr;scepta9 Juxta quz deinde inAitaitur calculus; qui non Analy

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7 Nu31os hic o5endet LeSrzrJcopalos, guos nbilcit operoAd Fratris analy fis. atqlle di¢rentlarum tertiarom trtcds ac /tinass qfi5us undiqrvue obJ- tw ibi fent;> riam, in nc)Rra nze.hodo nullas percip;e.. ,N'es: Sarrxs calcull prolixitatem, nec Taylori obEcuritatem xque ingt atam ac moleRanz fibi metuenaam habeat} p. I8- quam Frarer per operog;MoJm iam analy-

fi--^ elicuits p 63 non tanrum est 9t1.e a frarre meo quo.ndanl propoO

j;ica magra ponzp4> 7sec mitsori vo8ata b b6ore X1a-a fuere} ti3 ex fula l¢gse uniforlnitatis ]vi citra cale,ulum arlalytlculnX &c*--

8 MiQ Nor. precea'. itsm q ex p. 1 S. zn fXt g£0cr ptv.

9 --t.*EtuS confidams pu61eczm si g24tintn babxtart, quted occaGo mxX hI extiteritX ta ia nunc ditru gatldi, qtsx torte cum mulri.s alii.s irl fthbdis

mCis oCrpEtUO manfienr ftRpilit3? quamvls r?cetadit Geo?rctrie /i465 tO?t pX- rust prolrtar4, t) 5. quod ibi ex itlCuris prttervifatful reparaoo llic ?Z@ J

fol-ndt ttslo. qu; fifrg¢ulai Ccilitate expedit prolzlen-at } no) ta-¢8tifII cn-)zzia qut de }fopevi neis prf?pefuerat Fraters {es & sn u-;]C.rs al a t1' <ffi; ia} b)pe cl jlltAam prtscxpii ab uXis . itArtS l..g¢ QiJrh #temo kcgxlqa.se o&- fXXavit, ;3er.ti, tr¢X iola E{gu.s infpeA o e ;?s t*le 2A111* ?¢11¢ catc:uio xquaF

tifXneS prr? <tlivis quzGtris Spatite veitsr ie cBErentzs $ atln eliciarr} 1 Nc ut if} Not. 7. a#Xm aere mixline ide?t3.lt fil igl hnt sYg.Imtlr<) TJ¢Xv S di«lflti

r;a*m monern Ss ratotle.-.ew ect3et, P1./J7XA7S, lxrJm7 c'^ tfcifr* q\I: quil-

gut if ltd te' rs q+loqux 4- ge¢ ! io przdit¢ls 3kl *< etFisd^Cis i tas a55rUliot¢s ( - on *de 3'l;ttE1X, tee'} ) ttOpSttS OtUIX5 @et;.ta1;..i^S t@UtXJ¢Ili' pc'.Eto lta ne.mpe

.altt &¢ce4n;St. i.

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( 960 )

fis e{l, fed in&rumentum AnalyScos, Prxcepris Semel -

pofitis, quivis facile calclllum inRituic, more quitgue fuo, llic prolixius, ille magis concinne prout unicui que faverir Minerva. lS7egandum non eR, Bernoul lium catculum tandem concifnafic, & reddidiflse eleganF tiorem ) fed vamen in Analy{; fraterna fecit, non Iua: Nec dubitandum que-n frater, adhuc & vixifEer, rem red didiSfit non mizus illuRrem Analyfi1n diximus in prz cepLiS conCxreri; przcepta vero lunt omnia fraterna. Nam quod curvz cluxra arculum minimum. tanquam

ex rrt5us lSneclis clenacntaribus compofilrum contelupla

ur, vel ip60 fatwnte a fratre c{t: quod ex data lon

gltuditlc arcult iRius minimi qu:;rric rationem ditTeren riarum Ordinararum in Lemmatis fuis a fratre cft uXued ratonena eandem denuo quazrit, faciendo ut fit areaNa nakerls, ex Fundioribus (ut vocat) compofi- ra, vel maxima vel mtnima(; a fratre elt: quod deni que cse duplIci illa expreStlone egufdem iRius rationis xqluationem colligi; qua curvs qu;rfita natura definia tur, a frat¢e eIt. Sed llzc Soltltionenl conStitulante Er go Solurio Jnera fraterna eR. Dixi me olim urum eIre ixrncipio illo, quQd tanta cum oflentatione fi1bi arro- gat Bcrnoullius: Ex eadem una pagina, en duo exenz

' m pla. In pagina xI3, Li'Dri mei lzc iUllt fR, ..Sed

m " eR R noYus valor ipfilus Mm<, unde erc K quancitas

'; data:5. Luwe clarius ell me lloc loci ex obServata

lo Utar pro 110C ut ipfe Gecit in faa Analytis co,fltemplationc arcuXi minimi, Ac. p 18-

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( 94t )

nifiorn3itat.^i incer foralulas, , ,,;- collct>titiKe s;od

{it >< quanr:tasdata. Iden:iciXa {s4tta;abus Ca801lt mn X n +a 7s zzl '5! at

st tt.__,r,, 1 OC elt ,< =-<, &s "* ubs ut unifor mnn annn

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mitas appareretinter fornaulas ,<. } g. , 2quationeIsl .

rransformav: Ntidetis, credo, quum feliciter ponetra- verim ad proftcZiora Berllou 11 ii. An htc oltScu ra d icec ?

ad primam jam partenz promilE1 pervenio, ut o ftendam prillinan] illam a.lalyrin Bernoullii efle otnni no corruptiSlnzatn. riO per fub(litu{ionctn fatis ri diculam, ex /rof#XttPivoitxs /#is nefcis qu£bus pertcam, zquatioizem Fa X A W0=Tz X Qpx transorsnat ill laanc FO x ap r=TZ x 7rv X quod in caSu particulart (tlctn pe quando fund;tiones funt ur quaurata ordinatarum ) huc redit, ut font fimul FOxlSO--T"xpw & Ef)x PF=spXX7rf i urld e contSt P F: RO ;: 7r: pt Scd hoc impof2isblle Cn-, qelo+.liam elt vel PEzROrpZ m7r vCl PFrA0cJow:X?; qusrtim nelltrunz CUt1l

anaiogia expO(lta collci'1ari pOEav PitatM 1 PFrRO -:p&3 t?7 pcr- Analogiarn etian crit w?rp<X- ( proprer PFshO) contrahypotialin; ve1 rl PFrROr 77D;,, pqr .Analogiam eciam erir 7rgrp} contra hypothegirl

becu nd o par u r,l Scienter fi nt, it curvaturs m in F Se ad

curvaturan; 11 g fiCUt Cft tn ad- F-3; cunz nizil ln lrac tota A*raalyf1 f1r quod privilegium illud vindicet pilnds O potius, quam aIto cuilsber punAo Z in arculo mi.in ' 0@@ 5i\7iS fumpron NtccSEaneCtlrscdo tam r*

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(962 )

dicule sule wflimari tertto ntmls tnerite tat; X=dAxv 1=* & ml_ ' , v:urn finr 55S--Sq z1--Xde, & gl= x # lDelliqae qlatd omniu£n peS fiX-num t0? viti0fiiEtiS hii*c ;+*bSw;clDlis perEdiSimat aJtgavie conc¢uSenknra jQ ptolernate prIXuo dlce X

nam irl Lecu.;do cli talissll p<flftnLan) rrdgiS Qignt prC?

ics Errof4>s 8*< I; u!t1 se t-res a eseltres t * fXpOw

sitif puaris. lS tl) Ita (11; ipte en3] t1. c hab3c w s 0MSZJ #vXtt | ftktd 4rV2ttai t#t{43 P.SftM:'tPt 4tv) *

sC '2tsi t'.tf4^iti. t}a;.t/-<s>;Q te ttt,{,$ttx it .JWnn!q) >a tem soizt*tElzf nz F/J&1 l?if 6,9ft);*tir iD tc>*twtlasnXate

s; meo t*om.ntLniari $ta+.i p+ iti*tr 0* g>ej

6{ hbere * Iz ;t^s-)t2* tt4() tuOS jam denue adopta -sit lJndv lotraiic- t&'lc qu+ret allqis} Quo Jure ilic primas 2,tii ln {uS&imiorl It a .r' naiylt carn obitlnata am

iltiOt) arfoger A tJC nsmo tir qul in illa alquid proko gesrit! q-in concintao accufetur ad pro/;AlkozA B>tzeoRlt;; penet4T I3 Unde conrtet v^rum efre qlled *qllxdam -nuper >ff .maVit, regulas excances in llbro de Analxf infintte parsarum a lJernoullio enlanat7e 1+.> Quod lau des ExccllentilTinzi L&SarclaivJnis Hotpialii fint fuo racZ

ceptori tribuezdz ? An hic fit idon>us qui al10s do cu.1r regslJs dXreatiandi d.tforntxas Ii ? Cum mucis aliis qu.- ̂ {lgillatim enume-rare non cS Ot US Sed illis reipondeat qui voler: ros in hiS£c disttu) noSt motamur.

II pag l6 it Pag s7 t3 Pg. i8, tide etiam6P.roEwo MAth <i rcriptv i7j¢,P. Brso.rXllti paJr?>?w.

I4 Conc¢uir Lul) Marchior,en] de i9H)*,ictll cakututn iRutn lntellex;ffie., rec ibnozat i11uRfi(timu;, Olunc vum eundrm a Ce Btr:seakio didicitSe t

a.que tr.inime i*, om fugitt rg,a5 in (';E.to jiFfo t de go?Z J: isfiza¢e pnrruaU

rsm J extantes 3t !- I3stnoulis) pomAr.-De. j81 L!pJ 17X8 po46+°

lS Dum isaeexeacolljEci pot<R il.'um cXnn L)n. *\bYtto -n 319 ltliciO in

iRo errorP hxtiites dc.e3ec tarldero ii;-erati fi,xj^*tat t2taJ c.JvZi d.f fsenziali.¢, @} rqnias dCerer, isd; 46erf7st;A. a {a/. .B;roeuX./;o edudi ssse ib. p, 46 5 ¢



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Res (a$ MpOif peroratione ton utor; ilarum ct

ktn tsdert Nec fi quidquam regeSerit BernollJli"sD wIcerius reFpondere neceL;e llaSebo A contumellis nos fenzel vindware 8 3US & ratis poft-ulas; u'terius non cxpedtit.

I1X. Ag Awcot of tte IsspregioH of t}e alvoJ} Es¢ tire Sseletoyt of a las^3e Asziznal i7t 4 9e}) X2Ard Sto>^e, lately prelettted the Royal Society, t}4028

Nottinghamfhire. !By 12e^. illialn Stulielyt M. D. a1nd R. S. Soc.

t_ _ tAVING an Account from my Friend, iRobc>f

= Darmin, Ef<; of Linvoln's Ifin, a Perfon o-

_ Cur-iofity, of an 11unllan Sreletoa ( as it xvas

ehen flloughe ) ln1ptefs'd sn Stone found latel-y at elae Rcv. Mr. gohs ScBth's, FRedor of ElXon near NemJrlv, Nottinghag*,lhire, I xvas defirous of a DeScription of icX for rlle Entertainnlzent of t1XA R o Y A L S O C t R T , an-d have at length procured tbe Stone it felf for tlleir Re pofitery, xallere fuch remarkable Appearances aLe beR preServ'd, and defervedly valued. lt cannot but be mat°

rer of 3Regrer, tInLa. fo confde-rable a Rarity, tlle like wvhereof has nor been obterv'd before in tlliS inand (tO

my kncswledge ) {hould be maim9d and inzperfedr, yet xve xuay cotltent our felves if enougll bA Rill viflble to favoxlr a ConjeEture of svhat it has been. The Scon: st felf ss a blue Clay Stcyne, the fame aS ( and un douStedly -came from ) the neighbouring Quarries or Fxlbeck, or tllereabourss -tlpc)n tlle Weltern CliCof tlt: leng Trad: of Hiils extending quite through tlle adZ 7acent County of Lincoln. It lay, time sut of minds

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( S63 )

Res (a$ MpOif peroratione ton utor; ilarum ct

ktn tsdert Nec fi quidquam regeSerit BernollJli"sD wIcerius reFpondere neceL;e llaSebo A contumellis nos fenzel vindware 8 3US & ratis poft-ulas; u'terius non cxpedtit.

I1X. Ag Awcot of tte IsspregioH of t}e alvoJ} Es¢ tire Sseletoyt of a las^3e Asziznal i7t 4 9e}) X2Ard Sto>^e, lately prelettted the Royal Society, t}4028

Nottinghamfhire. !By 12e^. illialn Stulielyt M. D. a1nd R. S. Soc.

t_ _ tAVING an Account from my Friend, iRobc>f

= Darmin, Ef<; of Linvoln's Ifin, a Perfon o-

_ Cur-iofity, of an 11unllan Sreletoa ( as it xvas

ehen flloughe ) ln1ptefs'd sn Stone found latel-y at elae Rcv. Mr. gohs ScBth's, FRedor of ElXon near NemJrlv, Nottinghag*,lhire, I xvas defirous of a DeScription of icX for rlle Entertainnlzent of t1XA R o Y A L S O C t R T , an-d have at length procured tbe Stone it felf for tlleir Re pofitery, xallere fuch remarkable Appearances aLe beR preServ'd, and defervedly valued. lt cannot but be mat°

rer of 3Regrer, tInLa. fo confde-rable a Rarity, tlle like wvhereof has nor been obterv'd before in tlliS inand (tO

my kncswledge ) {hould be maim9d and inzperfedr, yet xve xuay cotltent our felves if enougll bA Rill viflble to favoxlr a ConjeEture of svhat it has been. The Scon: st felf ss a blue Clay Stcyne, the fame aS ( and un douStedly -came from ) the neighbouring Quarries or Fxlbeck, or tllereabourss -tlpc)n tlle Weltern CliCof tlt: leng Trad: of Hiils extending quite through tlle adZ 7acent County of Lincoln. It lay, time sut of minds

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