14 results filtered with: Meteors
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Specimen philosophicum inaugurale, de meteoris ignitis ... / submittit Fridericus Bernardus Albinus.
Albinus, Frederik Bernard, 1715-1778.Date: 1740- Books
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air March 19. 1718/19. at night. Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the original letters of those who saw it in different places. II. Some Historical Accounts of the like Meteors before. III. A Demonstration that such Meteors are not Comets. IV. That such Meteors are not a Concourse of Vapours above our Atmosphere. V. That they are prodigious Blasts of Thunder and Lightenings in the upper Regions of our Air. VI. Observations from the whole. By William Whiston, M.A. sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1719- Pictures
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Astronomy: a meteor in the night sky over London. Mezzotint by M.C. Wyatt, 1850.
Wyatt, Matthew Cotes, 1777-1862.Date: May 1 1850Reference: 46244i- Books
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air March 19. 1718/19. at night. Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the original letters of those who saw it in different places. II. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before. III. A demonstration that such meteors are not Comets. IV. That such meteors are not a concourse of vapours above our atmosphere. V. That they are prodigious blasts of thunder and lightnings in the upper regions of our air. VI. Observations from the whole. By William Whiston, M.A. sometime professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. The second edition. To which is added, a vindication of his account of the late meteor, from the different account given of it by Dr. Halley, in the philosophical transactions, numb. 360.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1719- Pictures
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Portents of death and destruction. Gouache, ca. 1910 (?).
Date: 1910Reference: 571996i- Books
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air, March the 6th, 1715/16, at night. Containing, a description of this meteor, from the author's own observations. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before; with extracts from such letters, and accounts of this, as the author has receiv'd. The principal phœnomena of this meteor. Conjectures for their solution. Reasons why our solutions are so imperfect. Inferences and observations from the premises. By William Whiston, M.A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1716- Books
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
A goodly gallerye : William Fulke's book of meteors / edited with an introduction and notes by Theodore Hornberger.
Fulke, William, 1538-1589.Date: 1979- Books
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A letter to a certain gentleman, &c.
Robie, Thomas, 1689-1729.Date: 1719- Books
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Conjectures upon the nature and motion of meteors, which are above the atmosphere. By Thomas Clap, A.M. late president of Yale-College.
Clap, Thomas, 1703-1767.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Pictures
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Astronomy: a meteor in the night sky. Colour engraving, 1868.
Date: 1868Reference: 46245i- Books
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air, March the 6th, 1715/16. at night. Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the author's own observations. II. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before; with extracts from such letters, and accounts of this, as the author has receiv'd. III. The principal phenomena of this meteor. IV. Conjectures for their solution. V. Reasons why our solutions are so imperfect. VI. Inferences and observations from the premises. By William Whiston, M.A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1716- Pictures
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Astronomy: a meteor shower in the night sky. Mezzotint after H. Robinson, 1783.
Robinson, Henry, active approximately 1783.Date: 14 Oct.r 1783Reference: 46243i- Pictures
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Astronomy: an ancient scholar (Aristotle?) observing a meteor or comet using a telescope. Engraving by J. Kip, 1694, after G. Freman.
Freman, G.Date: [1694]Reference: 46392i