The ph�nix , an essay. Being an attempt to prove from history and astronomical calculations, that the comet, which, by its approximation to our earth, occasioned the change made at the fall and at the deluge, is the real phoenix of the ancients. By John Goodridge.

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The ph�nix , an essay. Being an attempt to prove from history and astronomical calculations, that the comet, which, by its approximation to our earth, occasioned the change made at the fall and at the deluge, is the real phoenix of the ancients. By John Goodridge.