Miscellanies

By

Barrington, Daines, 1727-1800

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Printed by J. Nichols, sold by B. White [etc.], 1781

Notes

Various paging.

--Ohthere's voyage, and the geography of the ninth century illustrated.--Journal of a Spanish voyage in 1775, to explore the western coast of N. America [by Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle]

Contents: Tracts on the possibility of reaching the North pole.--Whether the turkey was known before the discovery of America.--On the rein-deer.--On the bat, or rere-mouse.--On the sudden decay of several trees in St. James's park.--On the periodical appearing and disappearing of certain birds at different times of the year.--On the torpidity of the swallow tribe when they disappear.--On the prevailing notions with regard to the cuckow.--On the Linnæan system.--Particulars of an agreement between the King of Spain and the Royal society, for an exchange of natural curiosities.--Accounts of Mozart, Mr. Charles Wesley, Master Samuel Wesley, little Crotch, the Earl of Mornington.--Of the deluge in the time of Noah.--History of the Gwedir family [by Sir John Wynne]--Letter, intended for Dodsley's museum, on the English and French writers.--Dialogue on the ancient tragedies, written at Oxford in 1746.

Subjects

History , Natural history , North Pole

Call Number

AC7 .B3

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.82329
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/14011422
OCLC: 2474122