Physical science in the time of Nero : $b being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of SenecaSeneca, Lucius Annaeus
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Physical science in the time of Nero : $b being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Comets; Earthquakes; Meteorology -- Early works to 1800
II. 51, 2, After “rain, snow,” add “winds, earthquakes,
lightnings.”
56, 2, hold together as one be subject to tension.
body.
63, 4, on account of ... when it has accumulated,
clouds. is thrust violently upward
by the massing of the
clouds.
75, 2, and it might ... and which might with
bladder. greater accuracy be called
harsh, because it emits a
sound like that heard
when a bladder.
95, 2, a third neither. a third mixed, a fourth
neither.
98, 1, (c. lv.) dry air. air in rapid motion.
III. 122, 3, when trees are cut when trees are full of sap
down. and not cut down.
123, 1, air is produced. Gercke places c. xiv. immediately
after this.
132, 3, concealed throughout, after “throughout” insert
until. “in others they run above
ground for some distance.”
142, 5, you have yourself ... you, my dear Lucilius, believe
Virgil. the story as (I said)
in the first part [of my
book], and so does Virgil.
149, 4, nor do the waters, nor do the waters find this
etc. a hard task since the sea
mounts from an elevation
equal to that of the earth
(or land). If the heights
be calculated (or if the
average be taken over
the heights), it will appear
that the surface of the
sea is of uniform level.
IV. 161, 8, the stature ... the text and meaning are
arena. somewhat conjectural.
Gercke reads “the stature
of an ape matched against
a Thracian in the arena.”
For “Apollonius Pycta”
he reads “A. the boxer.”
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