Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity.

  • Fulke, William, 1538-1589.
Date:
1670
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    30/194 (page 14)
    |) Sparks of ih) fire. The Second Book According to their divers fafhions, they have divers names : for they are called burning ftubble,torches,dancin or leaping Goats, fhooting or falling ftarres, or candles, burning beames, round pillars, fpears, fhields, Globes or bowles, frebrands, lampes, flying Dragons or fire drakes, painted pillars; or broched fteeples, or blazing ftatres; called Consets, Thetime when thefe impreffions do moft appéar, is the night-feafon : for if they were caufed in the day-time, they could. not be feen, no more than the ftars be feen, much greater, dimmeth the brightnefs of them being leffer, Of the generation of the tmpreffion called burning fubble or fparkles of fire. He generation, of this (Wezeor is this;when the matter of theE xha- Jatson 1s in all parts alike thin, but not compacted or knit together,then fome part of it being carriedup into thehigh- eft Region, by the fiery heatis fet on fire before anotherpart that cometh u after it, and fo being kindled by little and Pe ea thea ties ee ae ~ r —— a p a] { Nei, - oe 4 + ee re ee ee sf — = : c pa 2 — —— by