s regarded
as the greatest of Newton's predecessors in mathematical history. His
works are numerous and are on a great variety of subjects. He was one of
the first members of the Royal Society.]

[Footnote 28: "New Philosophy": Bacon's ideas on science and philosophy
as set forth in his works.]

[Footnote 29: Royal Society: see note, page 11.]

[Footnote 30: Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1721): a distinguished natural
philosopher of England. Newton was elected a member of the Royal
Society in 1672. His most important scientific accomplishment was the
establishing of the law of universal gravitation. The story of the
fall of the apple was first related by Voltaire to whom it was given by
Newton's niece.]

[Footnote 31: "Philosophical Transactions": the publications of the
Royal Society.]

[Footnote 32: Galileo (1564-1642): a famous Italian astronomer. His most
noted work was the construction of the thermometer and a telescope. He
discovered the satellites of Jupiter in 1610. In 1610, also, he observed
the sun's spots. His views were condemned by the Pope in 1616 and in
1633 he was forced by the Inquisition to abjure the Copernican theory.]

[Footnote 33: Vesalius (1514-1564): a noted Belgian anatomist.]

[Footnote 34: Harvey (1578-1657): an English physiologist and anatomist.
He is noted especially for his discovery of the circulation of the
blood.]

[Footnote 35: Subtle speculations: Selby gives examples from questions
discussed by Thomas Aquinas. Whether all angels belong to the same
genus, whether demons are evil by nature, or by will, whether they can
change one substance into another, . . . whether an angel can move from
one point to another without passing through intermediate space.]

[Footnote 36: Schoolmen: a term used to designate the followers of
scholasticism, a philosophy of dogmatic religion which assumed a certain
subject-matter as absolute and unquestionable. The duty of the Schoolman
was to explain church doctrine; these explanations were characterized
by fine distinctions and by an absence of real content. See Roger's A
Student's History of Philosophy; also Baldwin's Dictionary of Philosophy
and Psychology.]

[Footnote 37: "writ in water": an allusion to Keats' request that the
words "Here lies one whose name was writ in water" be his epitaph. The
words are inscribed on his tomb in the Protestant Cemetery at Rome.]

[Footnote 38: Lord Brouncker: The first president of the Royal Society
after its