Contributions to V. 1 of the Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and SciencesO. Steele & Company, 1810 - American essays |
Contents
A DISSERTATION on the supposed Change in the Temper | 1 |
An Account of the Meteor which burst over Weston | 17 |
Origin of Mythology By NOAH WEBSTER jun Esq 175 | |
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alledges ancient antiquity Beotia Bochart Boston Bryant Budha Celtic Celtic Language Celts century Cesar Chedorlaomer cited climate Cluver colder common covered with ice covered with snow Cronus cultivated Danube deity earth Egypt Egyptian Ethiopic evidence Faber fact Farenheit February figs fire forest formed freezing frost frozen fruits Gaul Gebelin Germany goddess greatest cold Greece Greek heat Hebrew Hence Hercules Herodotus Hesiod Hist informs inhabitants Irish Italy January Judea Jupiter languages Latin latitude Macrobius mean temperature mentioned Mercury Midian mild modern month Moses mountains New-England Noah observations olives opinion oriental origin Osiris Ovid Palestine passage Pausanias Pliny produced proof prove remarked represented Rhea Rhine rivers Romans Rome root Saturn says seasons severe winter signifies solid ice spring Strabo summer supposes Tacitus Teutonic Thoth Thrace tion trees vines Virgil weather Williams Woden woods word worship writers