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An essay on comets, their nature, the laws of their motions, the cause and…
An essay on comets, their nature, the laws of their motions, the cause and magnitude of their atmosphere, and tails; with a conjecture of their use and design.
Boston : Sold by Rogers and Fowle at their printing-house next to the prison in Queen-Street, Boston., 1744
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AN ESSAY ON COMETS, THEIR NATURE, THE Laws of their Motions, the Cause and Magnitude of their Atmosphere, and Tails; WITH A Conjecture of their Use and Design.
Sold by Rogers and Fowle at their Printing-House next to the Prison in Queen-Street, BOSTON. 1744.
AN ESSAY on COMETS.
'TIS an admirable Work of our GOD, that the many Globes in the Universe are placed at such Distances, as to avoid all violent Shocks upon one another, and every thing wherein they might prove a prejudice to one another.
Even Comets too, move so as to serve the Holy Ends of their Creator! COMETS, which are commonly called Blazing Stars, appear unto later Observations to be a sort of Eccentrical Planets, that move periodically about the Sun.