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LEADER: 01786cam 2200301 4500
001 06023842
003 DLC
005 20030711094201.0
008 860716s1772 mauf 000 0 eng
010 $a 06023842
040 $aDLC/ICU$cICU$dDLC
050 00 $aQB731$b.O4
051 $aQB731$b.O4 Copy 2$cCopy 2.
051 $aAC901$b.H3 vol. 36, no. 10$cCopy 3.
051 $aAC901$b.M5 vol. 932, no. 1$cCopy 4. Plate wanting.
051 $aAC901$b.T5 vol. 38, no. 1$cCopy 5.
051 $aAC901$b.W3 vol. 93, no. 1$cCopy 6.
100 1 $aOliver, A.$q(Andrew),$d1731-1799.
245 13 $aAn essay on comets,$bin 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.$cBy Andrew Oliver, jun. ...
260 $aSalem, New-England:$bPrinted and sold by Samuel Hall, near the Exchange.$cMDCCLXXII.
300 $a3 p.l., vi, 87 p.$bfold. pl.$c21 cm.
510 4 $aEvans$c12498
650 0 $aComets$xEarly works to 1800.
710 2 $aAmerican Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aThomas Waterman Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aEbenezer Hazard Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aMiscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aIsrael Thorndike Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC