Meteorologia, Fog, 1709

Plate 40. Levatus obumbrat. Franz Reinzer (1661-1708) was an Austrian Jesuit professor of rhetoric, philosophy, and theology. His Meteorologia philosophico-politica, in duodecim dissertationes per quaestiones meteorologicas and conclusiones politicas divisa, appositisque was first published in 1697. A third edition was published posthumously in 1709. Meteorologia philosophico-politica is a meteorological, astrological, and political compendium. Subjects covered include comets, meteors, lightning, winds, fossils, metals, bodies of water, and subterranean treasures and secrets of the earth. Illustrations in the 1709 edition were done by Wolffgangus Josephus Kadoriza. Rare Book and Specials Collection, Library of Congress. NOTE: The difference between mist and fog is visibility. If visibility is less than 1, 000 meters we call it fog and if visibility is greater than 1, 000 meters we call it mist

Restrictions Only for Ireland and United Kingdom

1700s 1709 Compendium Eighteenth Franciscus Jesuit Josephus Kadoriza Meteorologia Meteorological Meteorology Philosophico-politica Reinzer Wolffgangus

Features In These Collections

> Contributors > PHR