Physical Science in the Time of Nero

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Author

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, 5? BCE-65

Title

Physical science in the time of Nero : being a translation of the Quaestiones naturales of Seneca

Original Publication

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1910.

Credits

Thiers Halliwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Meteorology -- Early works to 1800

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76392

Release Date

June 26, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN THE TIME OF NERO
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.INTRODUCTION — SENECA I. Life — II. Writings — III. “ Quaestiones Naturales ” — IV. Seneca’s Method of Treatment of Subject — V. Some of Seneca’s Predecessors and Contemporaries — VI. The “Quaestiones Naturales” in the Middle Ages — VII. The Present Translation
5. 5.BOOK I [METEORS, HALO, RAINBOW, MOCK SUN, Etc. ] — PREFACE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII
6. 6.BOOK II [THE NATURE OF AIR. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING] — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII — XXIX — XXX — XXXI — XXXII — XXXIII — XXXIV — XXXV — XXXVI — XXXVII — XXXVIII — XXXIX — XL — XLI — XLII — XLIII — XLIV — XLV — XLVI — XLVII — XLVIII — XLIX — L — LI — LII — LIII — LIV — LV — LVI — LVII — LVIII — LIX
7. 7.BOOK III WHICH TREATS OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF WATER — PREFACE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII — XXIX — XXX
8. 8.BOOK IV CONTAINING A DISCUSSION OF SNOW, HAIL, AND RAIN [THE NILE] — PREFACE — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII
9. 9.BOOK V WHICH TREATS OF WINDS AND ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENT IN GENERAL — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII
10. 10.BOOK VI WHICH TREATS OF EARTHQUAKES — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII — XXIX — XXX — XXXI — XXXII
11. 11.BOOK VII WHICH TREATS OF COMETS — I — II — III — IV — V — VI — VII — VIII — IX — X — XI — XII — XIII — XIV — XV — XVI — XVII — XVIII — XIX — XX — XXI — XXII — XXIII — XXIV — XXV — XXVI — XXVII — XXVIII — XXIX — XXX — XXXI — XXXII
12. 12.NOTES ON SENECA’S “QUAESTIONES NATURALES” — BOOK I — BOOK II — BOOK III — BOOK IV — BOOK V — BOOK VI — BOOK VII
13. 13.NOTES BY TRANSLATOR — “AIR” — QUOTATIONS — SOME OF GERCKE’S READINGS
14. 14.INDEX TO THE “QUAESTIONES NATURALES” — FOOTNOTES:

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