The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) — John Shaqi
The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)Pliny, the Elder
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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6)
Pliny, the Elder
Natural history -- Pre-Linnean works
66. How the water is connected with the earth. Of the
navigation of the sea and the rivers 97
67. Whether the ocean surrounds the earth 98
68. What part of the earth is inhabited 100
69. That the earth is in the middle of the world 102
70. Of the obliquity of the zones _ib._
71. Of the inequality of climates _ib._
72. In what places eclipses are invisible, and why this is
the case 104
73. What regulates the daylight on the earth 105
74. Remarks on dials, as connected with this subject 106
75. When and where there are no shadows 107
76. Where this takes place twice in the year and where the
shadows fall in opposite directions 108
77. Where the days are the longest and where the shortest _ib._
78. Of the first dial 109
79. Of the mode in which the days are computed 110
80. Of the difference of nations as depending on the nature
of the world _ib._
81. Of earthquakes 111
82. Of clefts of the earth 112
83. Signs of an approaching earthquake 114
84. Preservatives against future earthquakes _ib._
85. Prodigies of the earth which have occurred once only 115
86. Wonderful circumstances attending earthquakes 116
87. In what places the sea has receded _ib._
88. The mode in which islands rise up 117
89. What islands have been formed, and at what periods 118
90. Lands which have been separated by the sea 119
91. Islands which have been united to the main land _ib._
92. Lands which have been totally changed into seas _ib._
93. Lands which have been swallowed up 120
94. Cities which have been absorbed by the sea _ib._
95. Of vents in the earth 121
96. Of certain lands which are always shaking, and of
floating islands 122
97. Places in which it never rains 123
98. The wonders of various countries collected together _ib._
99. Concerning the cause of the flowing and ebbing of the sea 124
100. Where the tides rise and fall in an unusual manner 127
101. Wonders of the sea 128
102. The power of the moon over the land and the sea _ib._
103. The power of the sun 129
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