An essay on comets : in two parts. Part I. Containing an attempt to explain the phaenomena of the tails of comets, and to account for their perpetual opposition to the sun, upon the philosophical principles. Part II. Pointing out some important ends for which these tails were probably designed: wherein it is shewn, that, in consequence of these curious appendages, comets may be inhabited worlds, and even comfortable habituations; notwithstanding the vast excentricities of their orbits. The whole interspersed with observations and reflections on the sun and primary planets. By Andrew Oliver, Jun. Esq. [Four lines from Pope].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oliver, A. (Andrew), 1731-1799.

Contributor:

Winthrop, John, 1714-1779, dedicatee.

Hall, Samuel, 1740-1807, printer.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comets--Early works to 1800.

Comets.

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages,vi,87 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Salem [Mass.], New-England : Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, near the exchange, MDCCLXXII. [1772]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Dedicated to John Winthrop.

Errata note, p. vi.

With a half-title.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Evans, 12498

Sabin, 57199

English Short Title Catalog, W31958.

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