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WINTRHOP, JOHN. 1714-1779.:Two Lectures on Comets, Read in the Chapel of Harvard College, in Cambridge, New England…. Boston: Green Russell, 1759.
8o (195 x 119 mm). Disbound. Lacking half-title and final blank. Ink ownership inscription on title page, scattered browning and spotting.
FIRST EDITION, published after the appearance of Halley\’s comet in December of 1758. Winthrop endeavors to calm the fears of people by explaining the science behind the comet\’s appearance, just as Halley had predicted it. Winthrop was the great-grandson of his namesake, who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He taught mathematics and natural philosophy at Harvard College, and wrote a number of other tracts on natural phenomena (such as the Lisbon earthquake of 1755), explaining the science behind their occurrence. Evans 8522; Sabin 104857.
约翰，温特霍普。1714-1779. 《彗星的两次讲座》，在新英格兰剑桥哈佛学院教堂阅读……波士顿：格林和罗素，1759年。
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