ASTRONOMY PERKINS JOHN The True Nature and Cause of the Ta

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[PERKINS, JOHN.] The True Nature and Cause of the Tails of Comets. Elucidated . . . By an Enquirer. 8 pages. 8vo, 216x169 mm, unbound folded sheets, unstitched, as issued; paper toned and fragile; uncut. Boston: Edes and Gill, 1772

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first edition of a tract apparently written in response to the Essay on Comets by Andrew Oliver published the same year, refuting the latter's explanation of cometary tails. Evans 12517; not in Brüning.