Excerpt from The Philosophical History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris, or an Abridgment of All the Papers Relating to Natural Philosophy, Which Have Been Publish'd by the Members of That Illustrious Society, From the Year 1699 to 1720, Vol. 3: With Many Curious Observations Relating to the Natural History and Anatomy of Animals, &C., Illustrated With Copper-PlatesHence M. Bernoulli concludes, that'mr. Boyle, notwithi'tanding all his skill! In experimental philofophy, held a thing to be a kind Ofprodigy which was none, viz. A diamond of his, which yielded light when rubbed in the dark, to which he gave the magnificent appellation of edema, lucidus, yet had am this any particular privi ledge, unlefs that its brightnefs-continued a few moments after the frié'tion, which we may add, was the foundation of part of Mr. Boyle's eiieem for it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.