Astro-meteorologica, or Aphorism's and discourses of the bodies cÅ"lestial, their natures and influences. Discovered from the variety of the alterations of the air, tempeperate, or intemperate, as to heat or cold, frost, snow, hail, fog, rain, wind, storm, lightnings, thunder, blasting, hurricane, tuffon, whirlwind, iris, chasme, parelij, comets their original and duration, earthquakes, vulcano's, inundations, sickness epidemical, maculæ solis, and other secrets of nature. Collected from the observation at leisure times, of above thirty years

Goad, John J (1616-1689)

Verlag: J. Rawlins, for Obadiah Blagrave at the Black Bear in St. Pauls Church-Yard Over against the Little North-door, London, 1686

Beschreibung

30.5 x 19 cm. Quarto. [8], 350, 347-478, 489-509, [1], p. 509, [5] p. Bound in 3/4 leather. Modern leather spine, old boards. Boards are worn. Binding is tight. old tape repair and a note from a previous owner "a very curious and interesting work". Pages1-46 have some damp staining, text still readable. Two pages near the end have had the length-wise margins cut off, no loss of text. A work on Astrometeorology which is where one attempts to forecast the weather using astrology. Goad was a headmaster at Merchant Taylors' School. He "collected from observation at leisure times, above thirty years", kept a weather diary from 1652-1685. In this work, he attempts to apply scientific methods of observation and experimentation to astrology and eliminate the more superstitiouis aspects. Rare work. ESTC R30414. Houzeau & Lancaster 5327. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 64619

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Astro-meteorologica, or Aphorism's and ...

Verlag: J. Rawlins, for Obadiah Blagrave at the Black Bear in St. Pauls Church-Yard Over against the Little North-door, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1686

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.