A philosophical and familiar essay on comets ... / from the writings of Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Halley, etc. including an account of the great comet, which apeared in 1680 ... as also of those subsequent, and the present comet.

  • Rivers, David
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[1811]
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Credit: A philosophical and familiar essay on comets ... / from the writings of Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Halley, etc. including an account of the great comet, which apeared in 1680 ... as also of those subsequent, and the present comet. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    essay on Comet J COMPRISING A full elucidation of these extraordinary Phenomena of Nature, ' AA-. FROM THE WRITINGS OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON, DR. HALLEY, &e. INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF The GREAT COMET, which appeared in l6’80, WHICH OCCASIONED THE CELEBRATED MR. BAYLE’S REFLECTIONS, AS ALSO OF THOSE SUBSEQUENT, AND THE PRESENT COMET, * , WITH RAM ARKS ON THE OPINIONS OF THE ANCIENTS ON THEIR OMINOUS INFLUENCE ; AND Reflections on the Probability of THE DISSOLUTION OF THIS WORLD BY A COMET. BY THE REV. D. RIVERS. The rushing Comet to the Sun descends ; And as he sinks below the shading earth; With awful train projected o’er the Heav’ns, The guilty nations tremble.—Thomson. LONDON: Printed by T. Harper, Jun. Crane Court, Fleet Street, For S. Whitteron, £91, Strand,’ and sold by Booksellers in town and country.