AN то Lockier NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES. By WILLIAM NICHOLSON. Non enim me cuiquam mancipavi, nullius nomen fero: multum magno- SENECA. EY T. BENSLEY, BOLT COURT. 1805. то SIR JOSEPH BANKS, BART. P. R. S. SIR, GRATITUDE and respect are due from every individual in fociety, to him who promotes its real intereft, by extending the bounds of knowledge. All Europe is acquainted with the exertions you have made for its advancement: permit me to join the voice of nations, by expreffing the fenfe I entertain of them. With this intention, I take the liberty of dedicating the following Treatife to the Prefident of that refpectable Body of Men, among whom the |