Excerpt from The Simplicity of the Creation: Or, the Astronomical Monument of the Blessed Virgin, a New Theory of the Solar System, Thunderstorms, Waterspouts, Aurora Borealis, Etc;, And the Tides; Dedicated to the Mother of God Many years ago I became acquainted with a foreign architect who possessed a perfect knowledge of ventilation, although personal peculiarities prevented his success in life. By my intercourse with him, his science of ventilation became my own, and I am only sorry that it lies beyond my sphere to carry it into practice. 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.

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