CATALOGUE OF PARTICULAR HISTORIES, 



ARRANGED UNDER HEADS. 



1. A History of the Heavenly Bodies ; or, an Astronomical 

 History. 



2. A History of the Configuration of Heaven and its parts 

 as it lies towards the Earth and its parts ; or, a Cosmo- 

 graphical History. 



3. A History of Comets. 



4. A History of Igneous Meteors* 



5. A History of Thunderbolts, Flashes of Lightning, Thun 

 ders, and Coruscations. 



6. A History of Winds, Sudden Blasts, and Undulations of 

 the Air. 



7. A History of Rainbows. 



8. A History of Clouds as they are seen in the Air above. 



9. A History of the Azure Expanse, of Twilight, of two or 

 more Suns or Moons visible at once, of Halos, of the dif 

 ferent Colours of the Sun and Moon, and of all that di 

 versity of the Heavenly Bodies to the eye which results 

 from the medium of vision. 



10. A History of Rains, common, tempestuous, and extra 

 ordinary ; also of Cataracts of Heaven, as they are called, 

 and the like. 



11. A History of Hail, Snow, Ice, Hoar-frost, Fog, Dew, 

 and the like. 



12. A History of all other Substances which fall or are 

 precipitated from on high, and are generated in upper 

 Air. 



13. A History of Noises heard on high, if there be any, 

 besides Thunder. 



14. A History of the Air as a whole, or relatively to the 

 Structure of the World. 



15. A History of Weathers or of the State of Temperature 

 throughout the Year, with reference to variety of clime, 

 and the Accidents of particular Seasons and the periods of 

 the Year ; of Floods, Heats, Droughts, and the like. 



