Physical science in the time of Nero : being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca

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Bibliographic Details
OCLC:5803611
Main Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D
Other Authors: Clarke, John, 1858-, Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924
Language:English
Published: London : Macmillan and Co., 1910.
Subjects:
Meteorology > Early works to 1800.
Earthquakes.
Comets.
Related Items:Online version: Physical science in the time of Nero.
Format:

Monograph

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface.
  • Introduction.
  • Book I. [Meteors, halo, rainbow, mock sun, etc.]
  • Book II. [The nature of air. Thunder and lightning]
  • Book III. on forms of water
  • Book IV, containing a discussion of snow, hail and rain. [The Nile]
  • Book V, treating of winds and movement of the atmosphere
  • Book VI, treating of earthquakes
  • Book VII, treating of comets
  • Notes by Sir A. Geikie
  • Translator's notes on "air", quotations, and Gercke's readings
  • Index.

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