OF CONTENTS

IN THIS BOOK.

PART ONE.

A decorative initial 'C' begins the section.Compendium, in which the Description of the Roman Museum, the series of primary objects, and their order are set forth. Fol. 1
II. A formal and mystical description of the ceiling. 4
III. Description of marble masks and earthen vessels. 5

IV. Regarding various paintings and effigies. 6
V. Ancient images of heroes and idols carved in bronze, marble, and stone. 7
VI. Various monuments of foreign languages and kingdoms. 8
VII. Regarding the Obelisks of the Egyptians. 10

PART TWO.

CHAP. I. The Glass Workshop. 13
II. Workshop of ancient and modern lanterns or lamps. 15
III. Regarding Mathematical Instruments. 16
IV. Regarding the Magnet, and magnetic machines and operations. 18
V. The Colibistica weight-related art of weights and measures, taken from ancient Roman monuments. 22
VI. Apparatus of foreign objects collected from all regions of the globe. 23
VII. Optics, Catoptrics, and Dioptrics experiments. 35
VIII. The fruits of the Subterranean World. 41
IX. Hermetic experiments. 45

PART THREE.

CHAP. I. Coins. 48
II. Regarding Musical Instruments. 50
III. Regarding Thermoscopes, Microscopes, and Psychroscopes. 52
IV. Regarding Clocks. 54
V. Regarding perpetual motion. 56
VI. Regarding the game of spheres likely referring to a marble game or ball-bearing apparatus. 58
VII. Regarding the Delphic Oracle. 60
VIII. Regarding the works of Father Athanasius Kircher. 61