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 : notwithstanding the vast excentricities of their orbits : the whole interspersed with observations and reflections on the sun and primary planets
By: by Andrew Oliver
Series: Landmarks II, monographs
Publisher: Printed and sold by Sammuel Hall
Published: 1772
Place of publication: Salem
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Comets -- Early works to 1800
Notes: Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Landmarks II, monographs)