A Dissertation on comets. : Proving that the vulgar, and long-received notion, that they either cause or foreshew public calamities, is unphilosophical, absurd, and irreligious. Being the substance of the celebrated Mr Bayle's reflections on that subject, occasioned by the great comet in 1680, and revived with a view to that which has lately appeared. In a letter to a reverend professor. To which is prefixed, the theory of a comet, as given by Sir Isaac Newton and his followers.

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Book

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comets--Early works to 1800.

Comets.

Physical Description:

64 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Mechell, at the King's-Arms next the Leg-Tavern, in Fleet-Street, [1750?]

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Date from NUC.

Advertisements for this title appear in the 'Scots Magazine', April 1742 and 'The Gentleman's Magazine', February 1744.

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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 Bodleian Library (Oxford).

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English Short Title Catalog, T153922.

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