Excerpt from An Address to Men of Science: Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth From the Foul Grasp and Persecution of Superstition; And Obtain for the Island of Great Britain the Noble Appellation of the Focus of Truth In my first head I shall address myself first to the Che mists of this Island, and finish by a distinct allusion to the students and practitioners in the science of Astronomy. 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.