The young gentleman and lady's philosophy : in a continued survey of the works of nature and art by way of dialogue . d View : Here is truly (je ne fcay quoi) fomething inexpreflibly delicate, grand anddelightful in the Effed of this Inftrument! It is amaz-ing to me, that every Lady or Gentleman of Fortune andCuriofity has not one of thefe Binoculars in their Poffeflion. Cleon. You might be in nn eternal Amazement if fuchThings were to excite it; the Cafe is fo far otherwife, thatyou feldom obferve the Purchafe of any Inftruments is in Pro-portion to their Merit and Ufes : Things in common Vog
The young gentleman and lady's philosophy : in a continued survey of the works of nature and art by way of dialogue . d View : Here is truly (je ne fcay quoi) fomething inexpreflibly delicate, grand anddelightful in the Effed of this Inftrument! It is amaz-ing to me, that every Lady or Gentleman of Fortune andCuriofity has not one of thefe Binoculars in their Poffeflion. Cleon. You might be in nn eternal Amazement if fuchThings were to excite it; the Cafe is fo far otherwife, thatyou feldom obferve the Purchafe of any Inftruments is in Pro-portion to their Merit and Ufes : Things in common Vogue,that give us no Trouble to underftand their Ufe, and whichhave been made Time immemorial, are moflly the Subjedt ofcommon Demand ; few inquire after new, or more perfectImprovements. But yet, I cannot help viondering a lit-tle, with you, that there are not more of thofe curious Per-fonsthan we find ; fo very ft^w there are, that I never faw butone of thofe Binocular RefletS^ors, yet, in any Gentlemans Col-lection of optical Inftrunienti^ and yet there is nothing in the Price that CAJj IKSTRTJMElSrTS J^la^ and L A D vs P h i lo s op h y. 273 that is fo very extraordinary, or difficult in its Xjfe, that mightdeter People from having them. Efpecialiy as to |he Refra6tingBinoculars, whofe Expence and Ufe are both very reafonableand eafy. Of thefe there were no lefs than three or four of dif-ferent and very curious Conftruclion in the Mufaeum of hisGrace the late Duke of Argyle, Euphrof. And was I a Duchefs, I would have as many, andevery Inftrument of every Form andConftrudion that could af-ford me any different Pleafure and Inftruclion ; and I fnouldalways look upon thofe Inftruments as the principal Furnitureof the choiceft Apartments of my Houfe. Clean. There is yet another optical Inftrument, whichjat our next future Leifure, I fhall defcribe to you, and tho ithas no magnifying Power for diftant Objedls, is not without aVariety of Ufes adapted to the Amufement of Ladies
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