zue compendio de la fpbera de la arte de nauegar-cen nuevos inftrumentos y reglas-eremplificado con muy fubtiles demonstraciones:compuesto po: Dartin Lottes natural de burjalaroz en elreyno de Aragon y de prefente vezino de la ciudad de Ladiz: dirigido al inuictiffi moonarcha Larlo Quinto Rey de las cfpañas etc. Señoz Mueftro. 46. Petrus Peregrinus. (Flour. 13th cent.) De Magnete, seu rota perpetui motus, libellus. Divi Ferdinandi Rhomanorum Imperatoris auspicio, per Achillem P: Gasserum, L: nunc primum promulgatus. 28 1., 4 engravings. Sm. 4to. Augsburgi in Suevis. Augsburg, 1558 This, the earliest work on the magnet, was written in the form of a letter by Pierre de Maricourt (Petrus Peregrinus) to a friend of his in Picardy. It was dated from the French camp before Lucera (Italy), August 8, 1269. The thirteen chapters into which the letter is divided form the most original, extensive and important treatise on the magnet prior to Gilbert's De Magnete, (No. 72). Gilbert was well acquainted with the letter of Peregrinus. This is a copy of the first printed edition, of which only eighteen are known. It includes a list of books that deal with the subject of the magnet. A reprint based on Bertelli's version appears in Hellmann's Rara Magnetica, Berlin, 1898. In 1900, Quaritch of London printed a fac-simile in colors (50 copies) of a MS. written about A. D. 1390, and owned by Prof. S. P. Thompson. The Epistola was plagiarized by Taisnier (See No. 53), a translation of whose book into English was made by Richard Eden, and printed in 1579. 46a.t-Photographic reproduction of MS. in Bodleian Library, Oxford. (MS. Bodl., No. 7027.) 13 leaves. This is a fine fourteenth century MS. folio, of 13 leaves, 9x11 inches written in Gothic letters in two columns of thirty-five lines each. It is rubricated in red and blue throughout. There are two finely drawn diagrams, corresponding to Figs. 2 and 3 of Gasser's edition. The Manuscript does not say when or where written. 46b.†--Prospectus of an edition of 300 numbered copies (150 for America) of the earliest work of experimental science: The Epistle of Pierre Pelerin de Maricourt, to Sygur de Foucaucourt, soldier, on the lodestone. Charles S. Peirce. 16 pp. Sm. 4to. (New York, 1892) Announcement of the proposed publication of a translation by the author, of the Epistle from the Paris MS. (Codex P, collection 7378 A; see Libri, No. 939). Two pages of the Latin text are printed line for line in special type made in Paris, and accompanied by translation and notes. Several pages are devoted to quotations (in Latin and in English) from Roger Bacon relating to Peregrinus. The publication of the work was abandoned. 46c.† Epistle of Petrus Peregrinus of Maricourt, to Sygerus of Foucaucourt, soldier, concerning the magnet. Silvanus P(hillips) Thompson. 16 1. Sm. 4to. London, 1902 A translation into English based upon Gasser (1558), Bertelli (1868) and Hellmann (1898), amended by reference to a MS. of A.D. 1390 owned by the translator. The initials are supplied by hand, and the copies (250) are rubricated throughout. Privately printed in Caxton type, at Chiswick press. 46d. The letter of Petrus Peregrinus on The Magnet, A. D. 1269. Translated by Brother Arnold, M. Sc. With introductory note by Brother Potamian, D. Sc. 19+42 pp., illus. 4to. New York, 1904 The introduction to this handsome edition traces the history of the lodestone down to the time of Peregrinus. An appendix of five pages gives interesting notes on early references to the mariner's compass. DE MIXTIS 158 dulce, & optimè olens, adeò ut fuffitum in conclauibus contra peftem c (iuuat enim)ad tertiam ufc diem conclaue olere bene faciat. Omnee nim bene olens dum fuffitur, uapores abfumedo corruptos, aerem ab omni uitio liberat: liberant ergo magis, quæ magis fragrant,& quæ tar dius confumunt: quæ uerò calida & ficca funt, uapores celerius abfu munt. Ob id magnus ignis præftantifsimum eft auxilium aduerfus pe ftilentemaeris ftatum, ut etiam Alabella: uitiant enim aerem uapores, tum natura loci ex quo eleuane, tum quia Solis radios penetrare prohi bent. Ob id referunt in Germania uallem Ioachimicam cùm ob fyluas denfas & ftagna inhabitabilis esset, deriuatis aquis in cuniculos ac foffas, fuccifis nemoribus, falubrem factam effe. Itaq nil mirum eft, du pliciauxilio flagrans fuccinum aerem emendare, tum quia ficcum, tum Hippocrates et quia bene olens. Ita uidentur bis olim Athenæ ignis beneficio à duob. Acron medici medicis Hippocrate & Acrone pefte liberatæ, flammis fcilicet beneoAthenas à pefte lentium lignorum, non quidem mediocribus, fed maximis. A`me liberarunt. diocribus enim ignibus, & minimè odorata materia fuccenfis, tantum abeft ut peftilens aer emendetur, tum magis fi beneficium uentoruabfit, ut etiam uehemeter exacerbetur. Quamobrem Thucydides refert, cùm ob multitudinem cadauera rogis imponerent,non parum auctam peftilentia. Manifeftum eft igitur, eifdem penè caufis fuccinum eidem morbo medicamentis immixtum, plurimum conferre. Mifcetur enim aut propter odorem, aut ficcandi caufa, aut, quod euidentius eft auxilium in co,attrahendi: trahit enim omnia leuia, paleas,feftucas,ramenta tenuia metalloru, & ozimi folia, perperàm côtradicente TheophraCur fuccinum fto.Caufa eft huius, quòd humidu habeat pingue & glutinofum, quo palcas trahat. emiffo res ficca combibere cupies, uerfus fontem, id eft, fuccinu ipfum mouetur. Omne enim ficcum poftquàm humidu combibere cœperit, ad ipfum etiam fertur,ut etiam ignis ad pabulum: unde fi fricetur uehe mentius, etiam trahit ob calorem. Neq3 enim lapidis Magnetis & fucci ni cadetrahendi ratio: nam fuccinu omne leue trahit, Magnes ferrum folùm. Succinum interpofito corpore non mouet placam, Magnes fer rum. Succinu non trahitur uicifsim à palea, Magnes trahitur à ferro etiam. Palea à fuccino in nullam partem dirigitur, ferrum modò ad Bo ream,modò ad Auftrum contactu Magnetis tendit. Deniq fuccini attractio calido & frictione iuuatur multu, Magnetis eo folùm quòd pu rior pars lapidis redditur. Quid tande? fuccini attractio hauddubiè eft fimilis illi, quæ à cucurbitula ab igne & cæteris calidis, ob pingue illud calidum innatum, quod etiam adhærens parietibus, ut dixi, conclauia etiam in tertium diem bene olere facit. Eft enim in omni bitumine humidū pingue calidum, ob quod etiam facilè ardet. Sed in trahendo inter bitumina fuccinum, inter fuccini genera cinereu, quod citra oftium Viftulæ ad Pucecam in littore maris effoditur: hoc enim, ut Agricola refert, dum ferro attereret, folia ex humo ad duos pedes in fublime ad 37. CARDANO. (Reduced.) D 46e.†--Petrus Peregrinus-Author of the earliest treatise on the magnet, A. D. 1269. By Brother Potamian. (Extract, Electrical World and Engineer, Vol. 43, pp. 514-515, March 12, 1904.) 8 pp. 8vo. New York, 1904 46f. Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt and his Epistola de Magnete. By Silvanus P(hillips) Thompson, D. Sc., F.R.S. (Extract, Proceedings of the British Academy, Vol. II., 1906.) 32 pp.; fac-simile of page of MS. 8vo. London, 1906 The paper contains an account of 28 MSS. and of 11 printed versions (in whole or in part) of the Epistola and the location of the 18 copies known to exist of the 1558 (Gasser) edition. 46g. Petrus Peregrinus, the earliest of magneticians. By Brother Potamian. (Electrical World, Vol. 49, pp. 504-595, March 23, 1907.) Ill. Folio. New York, 1907 General account of the life and magnetic work of Petrus Peregrinus, Pierre de Maricourt. -See also 463, 540a. 47. Porta, Giovanni Battista della. (1538-1615.) Magiae naturalis sive de miraculis rerum naturalium libri iiii. 8 1.+163 pp. Folio. Neapoli, apud Matthiam Cancer. Naples, 1558 This famous work on "Natural Magic" was published when the author was only sixteen. He extended the matter in subsequent editions, particularly in that of 1589. (See No. 64.) Pp. 88-90, sympathetic telegraph. 47a.--Another edition. 8+135 pp.+ı 1. 12mo. Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini. Antwerp, 1560 Book treating of natural wonders. Reference to magnets, p. 74; on p. 75 we read: "quod magnes ferrum, arenam, oleum, et omne traheret." 47b.--Another edition. 9 1.+135 pp. portr. 12mo. Antverpiae, ex officina Christophori Plantini. Antwerp, 1561 Pages 74 and 75 treat of the effects of the lodestone, some of which are fanciful; its uses in navigation are stated as also why the magnet points to the north; the author records the magnetic experiment related by St. Augustine in his De Civitate Dei and refers to the statue containing iron "in capite" said to be suspended in mid-air in the temple of Serapis. (See No. 10.) -See also 64, 67. 48. Pedemontani, Alexius. ( —— - — .) De secretis libri sex, mira quadam rerum varietate referti ex Italico in latinum sermonem nunc primum translati per Joannem Jacobum Weckerum. 81.279 pp.+121. Sm. 8vo. Basileae. Basle, 1559 Chiefly a collection of medical prescriptions. 49. Taisnier Jean. (1509-1602.) De usu sphaerae materialis, hactenus ab omnibus philosophis & mathematicis magno studiosorum incommodo neglecto nunc vero in lucem tradito. 41.+46 pp. Sm. 4to. Coloniae, excudebat Joannes Bathenius. Cologne, 1559 Work on astronomy by the Belgian mathematician, famous in its time. Pierre CHAP. XVI. Que les mariniers nauigeoyent anciennement fans l'aiguille & quadran.& fans auoir vfage de la pierre d'Aimant. ES anciens auoyent plus grande difficulté en leurs nauigations que nous n'auons maintenant : car lors n'en paix, n'en guerre ils n'auoyent adresfes, finon de la conjecture de l'Orient, Soleil cou chant, Septentrion, & Midy: ou des eftoilles & Soleil qu'ils veoyent de jour & de nuit,& le plus fouuent ne perdoyent point la terre de veuc. Mais maintenat que tout le monde à cogneu la vertu de la pierre de't' Aimat,la nauigation eft fi facile,que d'aimant deux hommes ofent s'auenturer à tous propos auec vne petite barque, à tous heurts, aux plus impetucux vents, & trauerfer la mer: ce que les anciës n'cuffent osé faire n'y entreprendre en plain jour, lors qu'ils n'auoyent l'aiguille & quadran frottée auce la pierre d'Aimant. Cefte eft la pierre autrement nommée Lapis Herculeus,on Magnes,& Magnes. Sideritis,& en Italien Calamita: en laquelle lon Sideritis. trouue vertus cötraires: car l'vn des bouts fait que Calan- l'aiguille regarde en tout temps la partie de Septen Lapis her culeus. ta. trion, l'autre bout te Midy. Nous trouuons que celuy qui inuenta premierement l'vfage de ladicte pierre,auoit nom Flautus. Mais le premier qui ait eferit de telle vertusft Albert le Grand: lequel ayant 38. BELON. Fol. 162. |