A new theory of comets; (laws of motion,) &c. [electronic resource] : plainly shewing, that they are not solid, compact, fixed and durable bodies like those of the Planets: But that they are Solar Meteors, or Exhalations of the same nature with our smoke, which flying to a certain distance from the Sun, thicken (or draw together) to such a Mass, that at last their own Gravity forces them back into its Blaze; where they no sooner arrive but they take Fire, and are violently thrown off in right Lines thro' the Universe, till their own Flames have exhausted their Substance. - The whole being freed from the absurd Opinion, and Error of Sir Isaac Newton, upon this Subject: To which are added, several debates on the above, with the author's answer: Till at last this Theory, now stands confirmed beyond all Contradiction. By Michael Woods, F.R.S.
1768
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A new theory of comets; (laws of motion,) &c. [electronic resource] : plainly shewing, that they are not solid, compact, fixed and durable bodies like those of the Planets: But that they are Solar Meteors, or Exhalations of the same nature with our smoke, which flying to a certain distance from the Sun, thicken (or draw together) to such a Mass, that at last their own Gravity forces them back into its Blaze; where they no sooner arrive but they take Fire, and are violently thrown off in right Lines thro' the Universe, till their own Flames have exhausted their Substance. - The whole being freed from the absurd Opinion, and Error of Sir Isaac Newton, upon this Subject: To which are added, several debates on the above, with the author's answer: Till at last this Theory, now stands confirmed beyond all Contradiction. By Michael Woods, F.R.S.
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Liverpool : printed for the author, by T. Cowburne, in Atherton-Street, and sold by J. Nourse, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand, London, MDCCLXVIII [1768]
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Great Britain -- England -- Liverpool.
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English
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50p. ; 8⁰.
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Engraved half-title: 'Woods's new theory of comets 1768'.
The 'debates' has a separate titlepage, but pagination and register are continuous.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The 'debates' has a separate titlepage, but pagination and register are continuous.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T111167.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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