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.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    ( 3§ ) Μ A C ] FI. Orion rifes. Plin. XVIII. 26. Nepa fets. Colum. XI. 2. Firft part of Scorpio rifes\ OviH τ τ τ τ τ XVII. Cal. 3o 16 V_U1(J. VV CaLIlCl. V^UlUIll. JS-ii TL, Stormy.nautis infeitus Orion! iHoratj Epod. Od. 15. — flu6lu aifurgens nimbofus Orion. : Virg. iEneid. Γ. 539. i ; ■ - 1 ; Sun'' in Aries. Colum. xi.j Calend. Conft. r I Weil or North Weft Wind. Colum. XL 2. Parturit almus ager, Zephyrique tepentibus auris Laxant arva finus. Virg. Georg. II. 330. Magn.7—· · XVI. CalJ ,' Solus ovantem Zephyrus Perdominatur Annum. Claudian. Fefcennin. 1. 8 c. f':/ — ^ Sun in Aries. Ovid. III. 852. Milvus appears. Plinii xviii. 26. —-vernus fequitur rubor, omnis Turget humus. Claud, de raptu i ! : in herbas Proferp. II. 90, r 2 18 XV. Cal. Pegafus' fets in the Morning. Colum. XI. 2. r 5 21 North Winds. Colum. XI. 2. Lime tree (tilia), Maple (acer), bud about this time. Plin. XVI. 25. Plin. XVIII. 26. Λ11. Calena. Vegetation moft a6live about this time. Plin. XVIII. 26. XI. Cal. r Vernal Equinox. Ovid. III. 878. 6 22 Bees begin to leave their hives. Plin. XI. 16. Ground ploughed inwarmfituations.Plin.XVIII. 19^ Violets'* blov\^. Statut. Coll. Efculap. et Hygeiae. a Some Copies read feU (occidit). See Notes on this PaiTage. Edit. Variorum, b The Sun 15 now underftood to enter Aries, March 21. c This feems more likely to refer to its achronical fetting, Which takes place about the end of March. J N.B, Haec Statuta fervantur in marmore elegantiflimo in hort. Barberinis. Vide Spon. Mifcell. Antiq. Hie dies appellatur i/w we/fiw.