A rational account of the weather. Shewing the signs of its several changes and alterations, together with the philosophical reasons of them. Collected, Not only from Common Observations, but chiefly from some of the most Approved Authors, the most Celebrated Philosophers, and the most Judicious Naturalists of this and former Ages. The second edition corrected and much enlarg'd. To which are added, three essays towards accounting for I. A continued course of wet years. II. The cause of an aurora borealis. III. The cause of the plague. By John Pointer, M.A. Rector of Slapton, in the County of Northampton, and Diocese of Peterborough.
- Pointer, John, 1668-1754.
- Date:
- MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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London : printed for Aaron Ward, at the King's Arms in Little-Britain, MDCCXXXVIII. [1738]
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[2],xxvi,[2],25-224p. ; 80.
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ESTC T12200
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