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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    Divers kinds of Earth- quakes. y The Second Book foon enough be delivered. Wherefore, with great force and vioe lence it breakech out, and one while eth and cleavech the fame: fometime it caftech up the Earth a great height into fame to fink agreatdepth down, {wal lowing both Cities. and Towns, yea and alfo mighty great Mountains, leave ing in the place where they ftood no- thing but great’ holes of an unknown depth,or elfe great lakes of Waters, Of divers kinds of E arthguakes, sp hr Authors write diverfly. of the kinds of Earthquakes, fome making more and fome lef{s, but we fhal! be content at this time tocom- prehend chemin four forts. The firft kind is when che Earth is fhaken laterally, co one fide, which is when the whole force of the wind dri- veth to one place, and there: is no o« ther.contrary motionto lerit, This wind, ifitbe not great, fhaketh the Earth,