George Seton, 4th Earl of Winton
The lengthy 'Epistle Dedicatory' is in a vein of exaggerated praise , somewhat relieved by a description of the Earl's coal-mining operations , in which Sinclair introduces the name of Athanasius Kircher , the Jesuit , who founded the Kircherian Museum in the Roman College , at Rome , and was one of the first natural philosophers and scientists of the age . 
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