Excerpt from Panharmonicon: Designed as an Illustration of an Engraved Plate, in Which Is Attempted to Be Proved, That the Principles of Harmony More or Less Prevail Throughout the Whole System of Nature; But More Especially in the Human Frame Although the engraved Plate to which the following pages refer, may be sufficient to afford a general idea Of the curious and pleasing subject which is meant to be illustrated thereby; yet the Author, in compliance with the request and advice of some learned friends, ventures with great diflidence, and all imaginable deference to the taste and judgment Of his readers, to Offer something on the subject of which it treats, in general, as well as in particular respecting the ingenious Artist, the late Giles Hussey, Esq. By whose accurate and elegant delineations, he has been enabled to illustrate this his own im perfect attempt: in which he really has, and pretends to have, little other merit, but that of bringing into one point of view the observations of far more learned and accomplished men. And from hence alone it is, he entertains the hope, that this his imperfect attempt will meet with a candid and liberal reception from those of the highest class Of Science who may, perhaps, from mere curiosity, be induced to inspect the Plate, and peruse these imperfect, concomitant pages. For imperfect indeed they are, when the subject Of them is considered and will appear more so, when the cause which first gave rise to the design, and its subsequent execution, are made known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.