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
| Format: | eBook |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London
Printed for J. Mechell, at the King's-Arms next the Leg-Tavern, in Fleet-Street
1750, [1750?]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | |
| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | Advertisements for this title appear in the 'Scots Magazine', April 1742 and 'The Gentleman's Magazine', February 1744. - Date from NUC. - English Short Title Catalog, T153922. - Price in square brackets: (Price One Shilling.). - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford) |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (64,[2]p) 8° |