A dissertation on comets, extracted from the writings of the most eminent modern astronomers and philosophers. In a letter to a reverend professor. To which is prefixed the theory of a comet / by [according to the sentiments of] Sir Isaac Newton [and other ... astronomers].

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[between 1700 and 1799]
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Credit: A dissertation on comets, extracted from the writings of the most eminent modern astronomers and philosophers. In a letter to a reverend professor. To which is prefixed the theory of a comet / by [according to the sentiments of] Sir Isaac Newton [and other ... astronomers]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DISSERTATION O N COME Extracted from the Writings of the moll eminent modern ASTRONOMERS AND PHILOSOPHERS. In a LETTER to a Reverend PROFESSOR. To which is prefixed. The THEORY of a COMET, by Sir Isaac Newton. Ego noftris non affentior: non enim exiftimo Cometen fubitaneum ignem, fed inter sterna opera Nature.—Quid autem 7nira?nur, Cometas, tam rarum Mundi fpetdaculum, nondirn teneri legibus certis, nec initia eorum fnefque notefcere, quorum ex ingentibus internoallis recurfus eft ?—Veniet tempus, quo ilia qua; nunc latent, in lucem dies extrahat, & longioris re<vi diligentia. Veniet tempus, quo pofteri noftri tam aperta nos necijfe fnirentur. Erit qui de- monftret aliquando, in quibus Cojnetre partibus errent, cur tam fe~ dufiti a ere ter is eant, quanti qualefque Jint. Senec. Quseit. Nat. lib. 7, L O N D O N: Printed for C. Co rbett, at Addifon's-Heady oppo- fite St Dunfian s-Church*, Flect-fir'eet. [p rice One Shilling. ]