Author: Thomas Forster
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Phaenomena
Author: Aratus (Solensis.)
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801894654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
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After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic. Aratus’ Phaenomena is a didactic poem—a practical manual in verse that teaches the reader to identify constellations and predict weather. The poem also explains the relationship between celestial phenomena and such human affairs as agriculture and navigation. Despite the historical and pedagogical importance of the poem, no English edition suitable for students and general readers has been available for decades. Aaron Poochigian’s lively translation makes accessible one of the most influential poets of antiquity. Poochigian's interpretation of the Phaenomena reestablishes the ancient link between poetry and science and demonstrates that verse is an effective medium for instruction. Featuring references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work’s stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801894654
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 107
Book Description
After the Iliad and the Odyssey, the Phaenomena was the most widely read poem in the ancient world. Its fame was immediate. It was translated into Latin by Ovid and Cicero and quoted by St. Paul in the New Testament, and it was one of the few Greek poems translated into Arabic. Aratus’ Phaenomena is a didactic poem—a practical manual in verse that teaches the reader to identify constellations and predict weather. The poem also explains the relationship between celestial phenomena and such human affairs as agriculture and navigation. Despite the historical and pedagogical importance of the poem, no English edition suitable for students and general readers has been available for decades. Aaron Poochigian’s lively translation makes accessible one of the most influential poets of antiquity. Poochigian's interpretation of the Phaenomena reestablishes the ancient link between poetry and science and demonstrates that verse is an effective medium for instruction. Featuring references to Classical mythology and science, star charts of the northern and southern skies, extensive notes, and an introduction to the work’s stylistic features and literary reception, this dynamic work will appeal to students of Ancient Greece who want to deepen their understanding of the Classical world.
Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena
Author: Thomas Forster
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Publisher:
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Category : Meteorology
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Researches about Atmospheric Phaenomena
Author: Thomas FORSTER (F.L.S.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Sections & Views, Illustrative of Geological Phaenomena
Author: Henry Thomas De La Beche
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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An Essay Towards an Explication of the Phænomena of Electricity, Deduced from the Æther of Sir Isaac Newton, Contained in Three Papers which Were Read Before the Royal-Society. By Benjamin Wilson
Author: Benjamin Wilson
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Category : Electricity
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Category : Electricity
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Conjectures concerning the cause, and observations upon the phænomena of Earthquakes, particularly of that great earthquake ... which proved so fatal to the City of Lisbon, read at several meetings of the Royal Society
Author: John MICHELL (F.R.S.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
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New observations concerning the colours of thin transparent bodies, shewing those phænomena to be inflections of light, and that the Newtonian fits of easy transmission and reflection derived from them have no existence, etc. [Subscribed, G. W. J., i.e. Gibbs Walker Jordan.]
Author: G. W. J.
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Languages : en
Pages : 112
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A Dissertation Upon the Phaenomena of the Harvest Moon. ...
Author: James Ferguson
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Category : Astronomical models
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Astronomical models
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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An Enquiry Into the Principal Phænomena of Sounds and Musical Strings
Author: Matthew Young (Bishop of Clonfert)
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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A Treatise on Electricity, wherein its various phænomena are accounted for, etc
Author: Francis PENROSE
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Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Languages : en
Pages : 372
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