In the Manner of the ANCIENTS.
A relation of my proceedings, to reduce this singular invention into
a regular system agreeable to reason, and practical in itself, would
be tedious and superfluous: To enter upon the process without giving
the reader some little account of the matter, would be improper. As
something is required to introduce the reader, and as the books
I must refer to are not in every body’s possession, I shall in
_lieu of introduction_, insert the whole as laid before the Royal
Society,--which is as follows.