422 Meteorological Ohfervathns made at Padua, 



Years of the 



Chriftif.n sera. 



feveral places in the neighbourhood. The fame thiftg 

 happened during the hurricane of March iith this 

 year (1783). 



?1C4 The fun and moon in diforder wereeclipfed feveral 

 times, (that is to fay, were obfcured :) there were feen 

 falling ftars, flaming fires, fiery meteors, lightnings, 

 hail ; typhons and hurricanes took place, which over- 

 turned churches and houfes; deftroyed men, cattle, and 

 pJants; and occafioned great devaftatioi; in the fields. 

 This is exaftly what happened in 1783. 



»I54 On the ift of Oftober, the Iky, being ferene, ap- 

 peared all of a fudden quite darkened. 



3206 People imagined that they faw in the heavens a 

 human head ; and the following year, in Germany, the 

 fun feemed divided into three parts. Similar pheno- 

 mena may eafily deceive the imagination of men, which 

 is generally confufed during fuch events, as was ob- 

 ferved in 1783. 



3227 An earthquake and comet — the fun of the colour 

 of blood. 



126^ The fun obfcured, without any clouds, in fuch u 

 manner as not to give any light. 



1383 An earthquake in SwifTerlarid. A large circle af- 

 terwards around the fun for feveral days. 



1549 There appeared in the afternoon, for three days m 

 April, a globe all on fire. It is even faid, that armies 

 had been feen fighting in the heavens before, and two 

 lions engaged. (Thefe were the fportings of ^le light 

 cf au Aurora borealis.) 



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