INDEX 



Theophrastus, Greek philosopher, 

 pupil of Plato and Aristotle, P 29 



Theoi'ompu3 of Chios, historian and 

 rhetorician, 378-305 B.C., II 237 



Tiberius, P 25, II 200 



Titus, emperor, II 89 



Tullus nostilius, third king of Eonie, 

 11 140 



Typhon, legendary king, II 91 



Valerius Soranns, literary frieud of 



Cicero, P 33 

 Varro, M. Terentius, 116-28 B.C., en- 



cyclopaedic writer, author of De Re 



Rustica, De Lingua Latina, P 18, 24, 



II 8 

 Vespasian, P 20, II 18, 57 

 Vettius Marcellus, II 199 

 Virgil, P 22 



air, 102 



astrology dcnied, 29 

 astronomy, 28, 82 

 augury, 24 

 aulon, 135 



blood, rain of, 147 

 bricks, rain of, 147 



' caelum,' 8 

 chance, 23 

 climates, 189 

 cloujs, 85 

 comets, 89 f. 

 compa.ss, points of, 119 

 complexion and latitude, 189 

 ronstellations, 64 f . ; where visible, 

 178 2. 



day, various lengths of, 186 ff. 

 divinity of universe, 27 

 dogstar, 107 



earth, 154 £f.; central, 11, 63, 176, 

 191 ff. ; dimensions of, 154, 242 ff. ; 

 products of, 207 ; shape of, 160 ff., 

 171 ff. ; tremors, 195, 209, forecast, 

 196 ff. 



earthquakes, 191 ff., 205 ff. 



eclipses, 43, 47, 51, 53, 56, 98, 180 



elements, four, 10 



exploration, ocean, 167 fl. 



tires, yoloamc, etc., 235 fE> 



SUBJECTS 

 References are to the sections of Book It 



flesh, rain of, 147 

 Fortune, 22 



gnomon, 187 



God, nature of, 14, 2« 



hail, 152 

 heaven, 102 

 heliotrope, 109 

 Eyades, 106, 109 



infinity, 1 fl. 



inundations, 205 



iron, rain of, 147 



islands, emerging, 292 f. ; floating, 209 



land, formation of new, 201 fl. 

 lightning, 112, 142 fl. 



marshes, inflammable, 236 



meteoric stones, 149 f. 



meteors, 96 ff., 139, 149 f. 



mile, Roman, see p. .'il4 



milk, rain of, 147 



mines, 158 



monotheism, 13 fl. 



moon, 11, 41 ff., 61, 58, 86, 109; tidal 



influence of, 221 

 raountains, flery, 236 f. 

 ' mundus,' 8 

 music of spheres, 6, 84 



naphtha, 235 

 nature divine, 27 

 Dight, 48, 181 



omens, 22 



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