Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity.

  • Fulke, William, 1538-1589.
Date:
1670
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Credit: Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and little, flieth abroad like f{parkles out ofa chimney, infomuch that che common people fuppofe, that an ipf- nite number of Stars fall down, where- as it isnothing elfe but the Exhalation that is chiny: kindled in many parts, fparkling as when {aw-duft or cole-duft is caft into the fire. ad, Of Torches. man Orches or firebrands are thus gee nerated; when the matrer ofthe exhalation is long and not broad, be- ing kindled at one énd thereof in the highett region of the air, it burneth like a torch or-firebrand and fo conti- andthen goeth out; none otherwife than 2Torch when all the ftuffis fpent, muft needs burn no longer, Of dancing or leaping Goats. wAncing Goats are caufed when G4 the exhalation is divided into two-parts,as when twotorches be feen together, and the flame appeareth to leap or dance from one part co the o-~ ther, much fike.as balls of wilde fire danceup &downinthewater. Of Dancing Geats. :