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 * colspan = 3 |CONTENTS.
 * colspan = 3 |OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
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 * colspan = 3 |BOOK I.
 * DEDICATION.
 * Page
 * colspan = 2 |C. Plinius Secundus to his friend Titus Vespasian
 * 1
 * colspan = 3 |BOOK II.
 * colspan = 3 |AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
 * Chap.
 * width = 50 |1.
 * width = 400 |Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world
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 * 1
 * colspan = 3 |BOOK II.
 * colspan = 3 |AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
 * Chap.
 * width = 50 |1.
 * width = 400 |Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world
 * width = 50 |13
 * width = 50 |1.
 * width = 400 |Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world
 * width = 50 |13
 * width = 50 |1.
 * width = 400 |Whether the world be finite, and whether there be more than one world
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 * 2.
 * Of the form of the world
 * 16
 * 3.
 * Of its nature; whence the name is derived
 * ib.
 * 4.
 * Of the elements and the planets
 * 18
 * 5.
 * Of God
 * 20
 * 6.
 * Of the nature of the stars; of the motion of the planets
 * 25
 * 7.
 * Of the eclipses of the moon and the sun
 * 34
 * 8.
 * Of the magnitude of the stars
 * 35
 * 9.
 * An account of the observations that have been made on the heavens by different individuals
 * 36
 * 10.
 * On the recurrence of the eclipses of the sun and the moon
 * 38
 * 11.
 * Of the motion of the moon
 * 40
 * 12.
 * Of the motions of the planets and the general laws of their aspects
 * ib.
 * 13.
 * Why the same stars appear at some times more lofty and at other times more near
 * 42
 * 14.
 * Why the same stars have different motions
 * 47
 * 15.
 * General laws of the planets
 * 48
 * 16.
 * The reason why the stars are of different colours
 * 49
 * 17.
 * Of the motion of the sun and the cause of the irregularity of the days
 * 50
 * 18.
 * Why thunder is ascribed to Jupiter
 * 51
 * 19.
 * Of the distances of the stars
 * 52
 * 20.
 * Of the harmony of the stars
 * ib.
 * 21.
 * Of the dimensions of the world
 * 53
 * 22.
 * Of the stars which appear suddenly, or of comets
 * 55
 * 23.
 * Their nature, situation, and species
 * 66
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 * 51
 * 19.
 * Of the distances of the stars
 * 52
 * 20.
 * Of the harmony of the stars
 * ib.
 * 21.
 * Of the dimensions of the world
 * 53
 * 22.
 * Of the stars which appear suddenly, or of comets
 * 55
 * 23.
 * Their nature, situation, and species
 * 66
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 * 23.
 * Their nature, situation, and species
 * 66
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