64 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE 



Bacon's Catalogue of Particular Histories by Titles 

 (1620) 



1. History of the Heavenly Bodies; or Astronomical 

 History. 



2. History of the Configuration of the Heavens and the 

 parts thereof towards the Earth and the parts thereof; 

 or Cosmographical History. 



3. History of Comets. 



4. History of Fiery Meteors. 



5. History of Lightnings, Thunderbolts, Thunders, and 

 Coruscations. 



6. History of Winds and Sudden Blasts and Undulations 

 of the Air. 



7. History of Rainbows. 



8. History of Clouds, as they are seen above. 



9. History of the Blue Expanse, of Twilight, of Mock- 

 Suns, Mock-Moons, Haloes, various colours of the 

 Sun; and of every variety in the aspect of the heav- 

 ens caused by the medium. 



10. History of Showers, Ordinary, Stormy, and Prodi- 

 gious; also of Waterspouts (as they are called); and 

 the like. 



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

 and the like. 



12. History of all other things that fall or descend from 

 above, and that are generated in the upper region. 



13. History of Sounds in the upper region (if there be 

 any) , besides Thunder. 



14. History of Air as a whole, or in the Configuration of 

 the World. 



15. History of the Seasons or Temperatures of the Year, 

 as well according to the variations of Regions as ac- 

 cording to accidents of Times and Periods of Years; 

 of Floods, Heats, Droughts, and the like. 



16. History of Earth and Sea; of the Shape and Compass 

 of them, and their Configurations compared with each 

 other; and of their broadening or narrowing; of Islands 

 in the Sea; of Gulfs of the Sea, and Salt Lakes within 

 the Land; Isthmuses and Promontories. 



