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CLAP, THOMAS. Conjectures upon the Nature and Motion of Meteors which are above the Atmosphere. 3-13, [1]; lacks the half-title but with the diagram on the terminal leaf. Small 4to, disbound; dampstained, gnawed at edges but not affecting text. Norwich: John Trumbull, 1781
One of the first American "scientific" works on meteors, published 14 years after Clap's death. The diagram shows the presumed arc of a comet's orbit around the earth. Evans 17113.
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