A London encyclopaedia, or universal dictionary of science, art, literature and practical mechanics : comprising a popular view of the present state of knowledge : illustrated by numerous engravings, a general atlas, and appropriate diagrams (1829)
Curtis, Thomas, fl. 1820 · London : Thomas Tegg · leaf 219
ractedthe attention of mankind. The ignorant and su-perstitious have viewed them with terror, andm former ages they were often considered as theforerunners of national calamities. The Chinese,even at the present day. upon their appearance,perform the most absurd and superstitious cere-monies,… … FEUGITSONSORREKT. l.firn/t>n,/uS/txhn/ hyT/uiniai- 7ft/t/, 7?>,(/irnps7tif ^/wif JJ/8^S. ASTRONOMY. 187 instead of these appearances being portentous ofevil to mankind, they may, by proper observa-tions upon them, be made of great advantage tothe sciences, and to some of the arts of life.…
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