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NATURAL

The

FiflhC;ojf,

INSECTA, is fubdivid,d i••o

Ok-

1) '-

s. the charallers of

\í.

hich are taken rrom

lhe wings.

Oa.DER

The

COLEOPTJ:.RA,

havefour

'tuingJ,

the

\\VO

fupeTior

ont~

b:ing crllClaceou5, and fu rnif'hc:d

with

aflraigbt¡ulure.-

This order comprehends

genera,

viz.

Attelabus, Scorabzus,

Cocci~

neli., Mel""

crc.

Sec .hefe anieles .

ORDER

The

HEMrPTERA,

have four

wing/.

lhe two [uperior ones beíng

frn:icruflauofu ,

aDd

i ncuflIbulI,

e. the

inlu'i~r ~dg(J

lie above one

;¡nothcr.-This arder ¡oc,ludes

genera,

viz.

Blalta , Gryliu" Ciead.,

cre.

Se. ,hefe anieles.

ORDER

111.

TheL[PIDOPTERA,havcfouT'UJingJ,

2.!1

o( them imbricated with

fopleJ .- 'rhi s

oTder

contains 3 genera,

viz .

PapiflO, Sphinx, Phalxna.

S ee .hefe anieles.

ORDER

IV. The

NEUROP 'fE RA,

havefollr

wingl

ioterwQvc:n

with

vei"" like a piece of

nefw" rk,

and

nofling

the

o nlll.-

This

orde r ¡neludes

genera,

viz.

LibelJa, Ephemera, H C01erobius,

Oc.

See·,hefe

anidet .

OROER

The

H YM!tJOPT!~A,

haTC

the

fa:ne

chuaB:ers

with

the form er, only the

anul

is arm –

with

ajlil:g.

But this

m:uk is

peculiar tO

tllc

fallnlu

and

neuftr/;

for the

mala

have no

jling.-

This order comprehends

gener:1.,

viz .

Apis, Formiea, V eCpa,

Oc.

See

theCe anicles:

OROE!\.

The

DIPTERA

have

Iwo

wingJ,

and

t\\'o

clavattd

halleru

/Jo/ance¡

behind each

wing.-Th is order contains

genera,

viz.

Com–

bylius, Afilus, Tipala,

élc.

See .hefe anieles.

aRDER VII. The A'TERA, have

wingJ.

This order contains

Cpecies.

viz.

Acarus,

Aranea, Pcdieulus,

0<.

See .befe aniele•.

N A T

NATURAL PH ILOSOPHY,

that which confid.ers the

pow–

ers and properties of natural bodies, and their mutual

atlions on one another. See

MECHANICS, OPT I C!',

ASTR ON

M Y,

ROST AT

cs.

EUMAT

cs.

NATURALlZ_'\.TION .

See

LAW, Ti..

6 .

NATURALS, among

phyfiei.ns

, wha.evcr na.uraIIybe–

Jongs to 3n animal, iD oppofition

non·naturals. See

N OX· NATURALS .

NATURE, aeeording

Mr. B oyle, has eigh. di!ferent

fignificalions; it being ured,

l .

For the Author of na·

ture. whom

the

rchoolmen call

N¡,,¡lura NalurallJ.

being

the (ame with God .

2 .

the nature of a thing. we

fometimc! mean ¡es tlfence

that ¡s, the attributes

which nJ.lke jt what it ¡s, whether the thing be cor–

poreal or Dot ; as wheD \Ve attempt

define (he na·

ture of a fluid, of a triangle.

6c.

SometiAles We

confound that which a man has by nature, with wh at

accrue:s to him by birth; as when \Ve fay. lhat fuch a

mao is noble

nature . 4. Someti Oles

\Ve

take nature

for an interna! principIe of motion; as when we fay,

that a none

nature (alls to the eanh. 5. Sometlmes \Ve

UDderll.nd,

by ·n••ure, the enablilhed eourfe of Ihines .

Soroetime. we Ia.\e nature for zn aggrenale of

pO'I/ -

H 1 S T O R

The

Sixlh C/tljf,

VERMES, is ¿i.iJed in:o five

0 ..-

DERS.

O.D.R

The INTESTI NA, are .he

molljimpl.

onimalr,

being perfeétly

n.J8.ed,

and without

limbJ

any kind .-

This

ord:r cont.ins

ge–

nera,

v;z .

L Unlbricus, Spinllnculul,

J!cioJa,

G ordius, Afcaris, Hill1do, M yóne. See .hefe

anicles.

O'DER

The MOLLuscA, are likewifejilllp/,

lIak~d

ani11J!lIJ.

without

any

}tul! ;

but they are

brachia/d,

or furmOled wi.h a kind of

/jmb

,–

This

o~dc:r

comprene"nds

íS

genera,

viz.

Afcldi.a,

L imut, D oris. Tethys, Aphrodita, Sepia,

v iz.

See ,hefe anicles.

aRDER

1J[.

The T.STACE A, have .he fame

ehara(ters Wilh ,hofe of OrJer

11.

bUI are eo–

,'ered ",ilh

'1".11.-

Thi, order ineludes

ge·

nera,

f'iz .

At,ol1lia. C ardiurn. Argonauta., Bulla.

Bucci nuOl

Oc.

OR DER.

IV.

'The

LITHOPHYTA,

ar:e

compou.o:d

animaiJ

fixed

UpOH

calcnN oru b'''.Jte

conl1ruéted

by the creatures

Ih~lIJftlveJ .

This order includes

the corals, of whi..:h

Iht:1

e art 4 genlr3)'

viz.

Tubipora, M adrepora,

élc.

See ,hefe anieles.

ORD ER

V. The

ZOOPHYTA,

are

cOlllp?unianimab,

furnill)ed wi,h a kind of

jiow,rJ,

and having a

vegetating

/"001 aodjlflll.-

This order contalns

genera,

viz .

Spongi .... , Gorgonia, Tubularia.

1-J

ydra,

Oc.

See ,hefe anicles.

Thi. Ihon explana.ion wiII enable any p"ron who

underHands ,he Latin lancuage.o perufe .h. Sytlema N.–

turre of Linnzus without (he afii.fia nce

am.Herí

'''\hich

was .he principal objeét of Ihis anicle,

N A T

powers belonging

a body, efpecialIy. living one;

in which fenre phyficians fay, that nature is {lrong,

weak. or rpeot; or that.

fuch or fu ch ¿ifeaCes,

na.ure lef, .o herfdf wiII perform .he cure. 7 . Sorne–

times we ure the

terro

nature for the uoiverre, or

whole fynem of .he eorporeal works of God; as wheD

il is raid of a phcenix. or chimera, tllat tbere is

fu eh .hing in nature . 8. Some,imes tOO, .nd .ha. morl

eommonly, we exprefs by .he word n••ure a kind of

femi ·dei,y, or o,her lIrange kind of being.

Ir,

fa ys ,he fame philofopher, 1 were

propofe a

notion of nature, Jefs ambiguous thao (hofe already

mentloned, and with regard tO which many axioms re–

lating (O that word may be conveniently undedlood,

' lhould firn dillinguilh be.ween .he univerfal . nd ,he

particular nature of Ihingl.

!.T

niverfal natoré

would de·

fine

be the:aggregate of lhe bodies thal make up {he

world, in its prefeot {late, confidered as a priDciple ;

by yirtue whereof they

¡él

and fuffer. according tO the

la.., of m'orion preferibed by .he Au,hor of.1I .hings.

AnJ 1hts mak "s way for the other fuboldioilte notion;

{ince the pArticular nature of

individual conlills

.be general fla.ure applied to a

dillictl

pOrlion of .he

univerfal