Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity.

  • Fulke, William, 1538-1589.
Date:
1670
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Credit: Meteors; or, a plain description of all kind of meteors, as well fiery and ayrie, as watry and earthy. Briefly manifesting the causes of all blazing-stars, shooting-stars, flames in the aire, thunder, lightning, earthquakes, rain, dew, snow, clouds, springs, stones, and metalls / By W[illiam] F[ulke] Doctor in Divinity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    | | Oni tba lon i i) hy HN ry =—- a => — of Meteors. mee yet perceived, but at the leaft ic en- dured 7. dayes; but much longer they have been {een; namely forty dayes long, yea fourfcore dayes , and fome fix moneths together. Wherefore it muft needs be a wonderfull deal of matter that can give fo much nourifh- ment for fo gveatand fervent fire,and for fo long a time. There are confidered in a Comet {pe- cially the Colour and Fafhion, which both arife of the difpofition of the matter. Their Colours be either white,rud- dy, orblew. If the matter be thin, the colour is white , if icbe meanly thick, thenisthe Comet ruddy, after che colour of our fire; but when the matter is very thick,itis blew, like the burning of brimftone. And as the mat- terismore or lefs after this difpofiti- on, fois the Comet of colour more or lefs like to thefe three principall co- lours: fome yellowifh,fome duskifh, fome greenifh,fome watchet,&c. In Fafhion are noted three differen- ces ; for either they feem co be round, with beams round abour, or with a beard