A dissertation on comets. : In three parts. Part I. A confutation of the principles of judicial astrology; wherein it is demonstrated, that comets cannot be presages of good or evil to man. Part II. The various theories of comets, according to the antients and moderns: a particular account of the comet which is now visible on the continent, and will soon be seen here; with the methods of determining it's course, velocity, magnitude, distance, heat, time of passing the perihelion, &c. With a catalogue of all the comets that appeared since the general deluge; and the mathematical elements of those that have been astronomically observed. Part III. Conjectures on the cause, phœnomena, and time of the general conflagration, according to Burnet and Whiston: with arguments from scripture and fathers for the succeeding period, called the millennium Compiled by John Donovan.

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Book

Author/Creator:

Donovan, John (Topographer)

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comets--Early works to 1800.

Comets.

Physical Description:

48 pages, 2 unnumbered pages,plate ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

Cork : Printed by J. Haly (No. 36) North Main-Street, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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With a final leaf of errata and advertisements.

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Reproduction of original from Trinity College Library.

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English Short Title Catalog, T202101.

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