Physical science in the time of Nero
Subtitle: being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca
By: by John Clarke ... with notes on the treatise by Sir Archibald Geikie ...
Contributors: Clarke, John, b. 1858.; Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924.
Series: Landmarks of science
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Science -- Early works to 1800.; Meteorology -- Early works to 1800.; Earthquakes.; Comets.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Work titles: Quaestiones naturales.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: book I. [Meteors, halo, rainbow, mock sun, etc.]; title: book II. [The nature of air. Thunder and lightning]; title: book III, on forms of water; title: book IV, containing a discussion of snow, hail and rain. [The Nile]; title: book V, treating of winds and movement of the atmosphere; title: book VI, treating of earthquakes; title: book VII, treating of coments; title: Notes by Sir A. Geikie; title: Translator's notes on "air", quotations, and Gercke's readings; title: Index.