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Physical science in the time of Nero; being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca / by John Clarke ... with notes on the treatise by Sir Archibald Geikie.
LIBRA Q151 .S2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Meteorology--Early works to 1800.
- Meteorology.
- Earthquakes.
- Comets.
- Physical Description:
- liv, 368 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Macmillan and co., limited, 1910.
- Contents:
- Preface.
- Introduction.
- book I. [Meteors, halo, rainbow, mock sun, etc.]
- book II. [The nature of air. Thunder and lightning]
- book III, on forms of water.
- book IV, containing a discussion of snow, hail and rain. [The Nile]
- book V, treating of winds and movement of the atmosphere.
- book VI, treating of earthquakes.
- book VII, treating of comets.
- Notes by Sir A. Geikie.
- Translator's notes on "air," quotations, and Gercke's readings.
- Index.
- OCLC:
- 5803611
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