The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)

235 chapters

1. 1THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PLINY.
2. 2PREFACE
3. 3THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF PLINY.
4. 4CONTENTS. OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
5. 5BOOK I.34 DEDICATION. C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN.
6. 6BOOK II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
7. 7CHAP. 1. (1.)—WHETHER THE WORLD BE FINITE, AND WHETHER THERE BE MORE THAN ONE WORLD.
8. 8CHAP. 2. (2.)—OF THE FORM OF THE WORLD91.
9. 9CHAP. 3. (3.)—OF ITS NATURE; WHENCE THE NAME IS DERIVED.
10. 10CHAP. 4. (5.)—OF THE ELEMENTS100 AND THE PLANETS101.
11. 11CHAP. 5. (7.)—OF GOD109.
12. 12CHAP. 6. (8.)—OF THE NATURE OF THE STARS; OF THE MOTION OF THE PLANETS.
13. 13CHAP. 7.—OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE MOON AND THE SUN.
14. 14CHAP. 8. (11.)—OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE STARS.
15. 15CHAP. 9. (12.)—AN ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE HEAVENS BY DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS.
16. 16CHAP. 10. (13.)—ON THE RECURRENCE OF THE ECLIPSES OF THE SUN AND THE MOON.
17. 17CHAP. 11. (14.)—OF THE MOTION OF THE MOON.
18. 18CHAP. 12. (15.)—OF THE MOTIONS OF THE PLANETS AND THE GENERAL LAWS OF THEIR ASPECTS204.

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