An essay on comets
Subtitle: in two parts. Part I. Containing an attempt to explain the phænomena of the tails of comets, and to account for their perpetual opposition to the sun, upon philosophical principles. Part II. Pointing out some important ends for which these tails were probably designed: wherein it is shewn, that, in consequence of these curious appendages, comets may be inhabited worlds, and even comfortable habitations; not withstanding the vast excentricities of their orbits. The whole interspersed with observations and reflections on the sun and primary planets.
By: By Andrew Oliver, jun. ...
Contributors: American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Thomas Waterman Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Ebenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Israel Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, near the Exchange.
Published: 1772
Place of publication: Salem, New-England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Comets -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Evans 12498