Tartaglia and Cardan 385 Algebra of Pelletier 385 Record’s Whetstone of Wit 385 Vieta 385 His Discoveries 386 Geometers of this Period 388 Joachim Rhœticus 388 Copernican Theory 388 Tycho Brahe 389 His System 389 Gregorian Calendar 390 Optics 390 Mechanics 390 Statics of Stevinus 391 Hydrostatics 392 Gilbert on the Magnet 392 Gesner’s Zoology 392 Its Character by Cuvier 392 Gesner’s Arrangement 393 His Additions to known Quadrupeds 393 Belon 394 Salviani and Rondelet’s Ichthyology 394 Aldrovandus 394 Botany--Turner 395 Maranta--Botanical Gardens 395 Gesner 396 Dodœns 396 Lobel 396 Clusius 396 Cæsalpin 396 Dalechamps--Bauhin 397 Gerard’s Herbal 397 Anatomy--Fallopius 397 Eustachius 397 Coiter 398 Columbus 398 Circulation of the Blood 398 Medicinal Science 398 Syriac Version of New Testament 399 Hebrew Critics 399 Its Study in England 399