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• A treatise of eclipses for 26 years : commencing anno 1715. ending anno 1740. Wherein is contained, the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed ; together with the Types of those that will be visible at London: As also, the Position of Heaven at the middle time of each visible Eclipse, with an Astrological Judgment deduced from the same; with an account, of several great Conjunctions, &c. with the Time and Type of the Eclipse of the Planet Jupiter, Dec. 24. Anno 1715. all which I have most exactly Calculated from the best Tables extant; and for the Meridian of the famous City of London, whose Latitude is 51 deg. 32 min. North. By Charles Leadbetter
  by: Leadbetter, Charles
  Published: (1717)
• The history of eclipses : which have happen'd from the birth of our Saviour down to this present time; with the dreadful Effects attending them in the various Revolutions of Empires, Kingdoms, and Commonwealths; Destruction of Towns and Cities by Earthquakes; the Death of Emperors, Kings and Potentates, Famine, Pestilence, and other sad Calamities, which have afflicted most Parts of the World. Occasionally written on the phænomenon, or great eclipse which was visible in London, and other Parts of Great-Britain, on Friday the 22d of April, 1715, shewing what the Effects thereof will be in several Countries in Europe. By J. Parker, late of Trinity-College, Cambridge
  by: Parker, J.
  Published: (1715)
• Prodromos ekleipsis : Being a philosophical dissertation on the doctrine of eclipses. Explaining the physical cause thereof in each luminary. With a Perfect Account of the Time, Quantity, and Manner of Appearance of those very remarkable Eclipses that will happen on September the 9th, and February the 18th, next. Also a few words on the Pythagorean system; Wherein is demonstrated the Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Motions of the Planets, and the true Cause of their Retrogradation; particularly the Planet Mercury, at the Middle of the great Solar Eclipse. With an enquiry into the nature and laws of comets; And whether we may expect the speedy Appearance Of One. By Thomas Frankz, M.D
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