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Nature's secrets: or, the admirable and wonderful history of the generation of meteors and blazing-stars : Particularly describing the temperatures and qualities of the four elements; the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars. Shewing the efficient and final causes of comets, earthquakes, blazing-stars, deluges, epidemical diseases, and prodiges of precedent times; their presages of the weather: with direction for observing of a weather-glass. Rendred plain and useful both for sea and land, by the industry and observation of Tho. Wilsford, gent.
Willsford, ThomasDate: 1665- Books
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Natures secrets. Or, The admirable and wonderfull history of the generation of meteors : Particularly describing, the temperatures and qualities of the four elements, the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars: the efficient and finall causes of comets, earthquakes, deluges, epidemicall diseases, and prodigies of precedent times; registred by the students of nature. Their conjecturall presages of the weather, from the planets mutuall aspects, and sublunary bodies: with the proportions and observations on the weather-glass, with philosophicall paraphrases rendred explicitely, usefull at sea and land. / By the industry and observations of Thomas Willsford, Gent.
Willsford, ThomasDate: 1658- Books
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An history of the wonderful things of nature, set forth in ten severall classes. Wherein are contained I. The wonders of the heavens. II. Of the elements. III. Of meteors. IV. Of minerals. V. Of plants. VI. Of birds. VII. Of fourfooted beasts. VIII. Of insects ... IX. Of fishes. X. Of man ... now rendred into English, by a person of quality. [i.e. John Rowland] / [Joannes Jonstonus].
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675Date: 1657- Books
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Thirteen books of natural philosophy: viz. I. Of the principles, and common adjuncts of all natural bodies. II. Of the heavens, the world, and elements. III. Of action, passion, generation, and corruption. IV. Of meteors. V. Of minerals and metals. VI. Of the soul in general, and of things vegetable. VII. Of animals or living creatures. VIII. Of man. Unto which is added five books more of natural philosophy in several discourses. IX. Discourse I. Of the principles of natural things. X. Dis. 2. Concerning the occult and hidden qualities. XI. Dis. 3. Of atomes and mixture. XII. Dis. 4. Of the generation of live things. XIII. Dis. 5. Concerning the spontaneous generation of live things / Written in Latin and English. By Daniel Sennert, doctor of physick, [tr. by] Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer,, Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and the liberal arts [and William Rowland?].
Sennert, Daniel, 1572-1637.Date: 1661- Books
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First elements of astronomy and natural philosophy; wherein the knowledge of those sciences are rendered more simple, and the solar system described in a familiar Manner: also the powers of electricity, thunder, lightening [sic], meteors, winds, heat, cold, &c. With suitable reflections on the works of providence. Fourth edition, corrected. For the use of private families, and public schools.
Date: 1798- Books
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The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation : In two parts. viz. the heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals, (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects) more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man, and other animals, as also in their generation, &c / By John Ray.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1692- Books
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The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation. In two parts. Viz. The heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects), more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion and consistency; and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man and other animals; as also in their generation, &c. With answers to some objections / [John Ray].
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1701- Books
The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation. In two parts. Viz. The heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects), more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion and consistency; and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man and other animals; as also in their generation, &c. With answers to some objections / By John Ray, F.R.S.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1759- Books
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An history of the constancy of nature. Wherein, by comparing the latter age with the former, it is maintained that the world doth not decay universally, in respect of it self, or the heavens, elements, mixt bodies, meteors, minerals, plants, animals, nor man in his age, stature, strength, or faculties of his minde, as relating to all arts and science / by John Jonston of Poland. [Translated by John Rowland].
Jonstonus, Joannes, 1603-1675Date: 1657- Books
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The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation. In two parts. Viz. The heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects), more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion and consistency; and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man and other animals; as also in their generation, &c. With answers to some objections / By John Ray.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1722- Books
The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation. In two parts. Viz. The heavenly bodies, elements, meteors, fossils, vegetables, animals (beasts, birds, fishes, and insects), more particularly in the body of the earth, its figure, motion, and consistency, and in the admirable structure of the bodies of man and other animals, as also in their generation, &c. : with answers to some objections / by John Ray.
Ray, John, 1627-1705.Date: 1735- Books
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A strange and wonderful account of the appearance of a fiery meteor in the air: which was seen by many hundreds of spectators, at the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, on Thursday the nineteenth of March 1718-19. With a full and perfect Relation of its Rise and Progress through the Heavens, asserted by the Testimony of many Witnesses; with an Account of God's great Mercy in the miraculous Preservation of several People, of which you have a true and perfect Relation.
Date: 1719- Books
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Natures secrets. Or, the admirable and wonderful history of the generation of meteors. And blazing-stars. Particularly describing the temperatures and qualities of the four elements; the heights, magnitudes, and influences of the fixt and wandring stars. Shewing the efficient and final causes of comets, earthquakes, blazing-stars, deluges, epidemical diseases, and prodiges of precedent times; their presages of a weather-glass / Rendred plain and useful both for sea and land, by the industry and observation of Tho. Wilsford, gent.
Willsford, Thomas.Date: 1665- Books
The newest, best, and very-much esteemed book of knowledge ... Shewing the effects of the planets and other astonomical constellations ... Together with the husbandman's practice: or, prognostication for ever ... And the shepherd's perpetual calendar for the weather. Also a brief discourse on the natural causes of meteors ... And observations on the weather ... A brief collection of all the members of man physiognomiz'd. - Signification of moles on man or women. - Interpretation of dreams ... With a particular account of the earth and sea.
Date: 1764- Books
ECSITE annual conference 2012 : conference programme / Toulouse Cité de l'Espace, Ecsite European network of science centres and museums.
Ecsite annual conference (2012 : Toulouse, France)Date: [2012]- Pictures
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Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).
Date: 1910Reference: 571996i- Journals
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Satirist, or, Monthly meteor
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John Bull as a patient, in disarray, reclines on a sofa and receives medical treatment from politicians. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1813.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: 1 December 1813Reference: 38418i- Journals
The satirist, or Monthly meteor.
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The world of waters, or, Recreations in hydrology : What is a voltaic battery? : 'Observations of shooting stars on te nights of the 10th and 11th of August, 1839' : 'On the periodic shooting stars, and on shooting stars in general / Rosina Maria Zornlin.
Zornlin, Rosina Maria.Date: 2004- Books
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Allgemeine geographische Meteorologie : oder Versuch einer uebersichtlichen Darlegung des Systems der Erd-Meteoration in ihrer klimatischen Bedeutung / von A. Mühry.
Mühry, Adolf, 1810-1888.Date: 1860- Books
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Poems on several occasions: viz. The garden. The phænomenon, a poem on the late surprizing meteor, seen in the sky, Mar. 19th. 1719. A vision, ...
Lux, William, 1694?-Date: 1719- Books
Delle acquee meteore abbozzato ragionamento / Dal conte Giulio Corsi di Viano.
Corsi-Viano, Giulio, count.Date: 1798- Books
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Histoire naturelle de l'air et des météores / Par M. l'abbé Richard.
Richard, Jérôme, 1720?-approximately 1800Date: 1770-1771- Books
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The comet: or, meteor of mirth. Consisting of Entire new Toasts, Sentiments, Hob-Nobs, Boozing Similes, High Thoughts, and Fashionable Ideas. To which is added, The Buck's Grammar, or, rudiments of libertinism.
Oddthought, Oliver.Date: 1772