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CONTENTS.
OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
BOOK I.
DEDICATION. Page
C. Plinius Secundus to his friend Titus Vespasian 1
BOOK II.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
Chap.
1. Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world 13
2. Of the form of the world 16
3. Of its nature; whence the name is derived ib.
4. Of the elements and the planets 18
5. Of God 20
6. Of the nature of the stars; of the motion of the planets 25
7. Of the eclipses of the moon and the sun 34
8. Of the magnitude of the stars 35
9. An account of the observations that have been made on the heavens by different individuals 36
10. On the recurrence of the eclipses of the sun and the moon 38
11. Of the motion of the moon 40
12. Of the motions of the planets and the general laws of their aspects ib.
13. Why the same stars appear at some times more lofty and at other times more near 42
14. Why the same stars have different motions 47
15. General laws of the planets 48
16. The reason why the stars are of different colours 49
17. Of the motion of the sun and the cause of the irregularity of the days 50
18. Why thunder is ascribed to Jupiter 51
19. Of the distances of the stars 52
20. Of the harmony of the stars ib.
21. Of the dimensions of the world 53
22. Of the stars which appear suddenly, or of comets 55
23. Their nature, situation, and species 66
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