Miscellaneous tracts and collections relating to natural history, selected from the principal writers of antiquity on that subject / by W. Falconer, M. D.

  • William Falconer
Date:
1793
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Credit: Miscellaneous tracts and collections relating to natural history, selected from the principal writers of antiquity on that subject / by W. Falconer, M. D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I νον. \ Vindemitor* ap- vu^ pears. lo Ar6turus rifes. i Sagitta fets in the; Mom. Gemin. ( 7 ) SEPTEMBER. Storms at Sea, Rain with Thunder and high Wind. Gemin. Time of gathering the Summer fruits, or Οττωξχ,. over, Galen. Comm. in Epidem. Hippocrat. I. Aroturus ^ rifes. Sagitta' fets. PUnii xviii. 31, 14 5 Green-finch departs. Ariftot. Hift. Anim. IX. 220. Figs and Grapes ripe in Attica. Athenasi XIV. Platon. de Legib. L. VIII. Seeds of the Fir tree ripe. Galen, de Sanit. tuend* L. IV. Nightingale retires. Ariftot. Hift. Animal. L. V. 9. Beginning of Autumn. Not. in Theophr. p. 1144. Grapes to be gathered for the Vintage. Hefiod. Εξγ. II. 228. Half' of Virgo rifes. Ar6lurus is feen rifmg. Gem. Arfturus rifes in the Morn. Gem, 8 Dogberry, 9·ι?λυκ^αν«α. Theophr. III. 6. FR. Alder, κλτιύξα. Theophr. III. 6. FR. Walnut, καξυα. Theophr. III. 6. FR. Pear tree, (wild) οίχ^ξχς. Theophr. III. 6. FR. Quail departs, ορ]υξ. Ariftot. Flift. Anim. VIII. 12. 10 Windy, but clear for the next feven days, that period Eafterly Winds prevail. After Arfturus is feen. Capra rifes, and the large ftar^ in Auriga. Gem, 20 I I Beginning of Autumn. Gemin. and Galen. Comm.. in Hipp. Epid. I. Stormy Weather at Sea. Gemin. Rainy with cold Winds. Galen ut fupra. Ar<5turus is vifible. JEtn L. II. c. 164.^ 23 Gemin. j 14 Great fweet Flea-bane, κονυζα. Λ^^^οί^ι^.Theophr.VI.2.F... Small true Flea-bane, ζϋνυζα ^viXsicn. Theophr. VI». 2. F.. Vindemitor rifes cofmically, Sept. 24. ^ Ar£lurus rifes cofmically, Oclober 4. s Sagitta fets cofmically, Auguft 13. Λ Half of Virgo rifes, Odober 3. A large rtar in Capella Aurigfe rifes about Odober 28, a Ε