| Born. | Died. | |
| [2]Galileo | 1564 | 1642. |
| Kepler | 1571 | 1630. |
| Bacon | 1561 | 1626. |
| Newton | 1642 | 1727. |
[2] The same year that Galileo died.
| Born. | Died. | |
| Priestly | 1733 | 1804. |
| Galvani | 1737 | 1798. |
| Volta | 1745 | 1826. |
| Lavoisier | 1743 | 1794. |
| Crauford | 1749 | 1795. |
| Hunter | 1728 | 1793. |
| Davy | 1778 | 1829. |
[4] The valvular contrivances in the veins and heart, which showed that the blood could move in only one direction, had been either observed, described, or their effects respectively remarked on, by Paul, Sylvius, Michael Servetus, Realdus Columbus, Andreas Cesalpinus, and especially by Fabricius ab Aquapendente, of whom Harvey was a pupil.
[5] In a polite letter which I recently received from a distinguished pupil of Abernethy's (Dr. Butter, of Plymouth), I find that James Abernethy died of apoplexy, at Plymouth.
CHAPTER II.
"Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade!