Mirror of Literature,  11 (1828), 389–90.

Character of Charles II

Philo

Genre:

Introduction; Extract; Afterword

Publications extracted:

Bray, ed. 1818

Subjects:

Laboratories, Pharmaceuticals, Mathematics, Mechanics


    Relates that he was 'a lover of the sea, and skilful in shipping; not affecting other studies, yet he had a laboratory, and knew of many empirical medicines, and the easier mechanical mathematics' (390).



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