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A42876 Astro-meteorologica, or, Aphorisms and discourses of the bodies cœlestial, their natures and influences discovered from the variety of the alterations of the air ... and other secrets of nature / collected from the observation at leisure times, of above thirty years, by J. Goad. Goad, J. (John), 1616-1689. 1686 (1686) Wing G897; ESTC R30414 688,644 563

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