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

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Donovan, John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cork Printed by J. Haly (No. 36) North Main-Street 1789, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]
Subjects:	Comets / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/1721601400?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa