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2. Leslie, Tilloch's Phil. Mag., vol. 14, p. 194, 1802. This academy was perhaps the first such body devoted to natural science, though it is stated by Vasari and others that da Vinci founded one at Milan. It was active in Florence during the years 1657–67, and deserves remembrance for the quality of its work.
3. Journal des Sçavans (Amsterdam), November 1768, p. 74.
4. "New Experiments, Physico-mechanical". (London, 1682).
5. E.g. Hooke.