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'An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet', 1680. Artist: Unknown

'An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet', 1680. Artist: Unknown

1-157-951 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

'An Allarm to Europe By a Late Prodigious Comet', 1680. Title page of pamphlet by John Hill on the comet of December 1680 (Kirch). At this date comets were still considered by many people to be phenomena of ill omen and were viewed with superstitious awe.

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  1. John Hill: British: Author
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Science & Nature Natural Phenomena

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Science & Nature Astronomy

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  1. 002709
  1. 002709
  1. 0460001507
  1. 1-157-951
  1. 1157951
  1. 1507
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