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1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1. Riccioli’s twilight table (Riccioli 1651, p. 39)Figure 2.2. Experimental device used by Lowthorp for his refraction measurements...Figure 2.3. Representation of marine instruments (“English quarter”, Figures 9 a...

2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1. Cometary tail patterns (Oliver 1777, p. 148). For a color version of...Figure 3.2. Drawing of an aurora observed in Breuillepont, France (Mairan 1733, ...Figure 3.3. Table of auroras borealis observed between 500 and 1731. Totals per ...

3 Chapter 4Figure 4.1. Explanatory diagram of vortex formation (Descartes 1681, p. 212)Figure 4.2. Explanatory diagram of the orientation of a magnet in the vicinity o...

4 Chapter 5Figure 5.1. Representation of the explosion of the fiery meteor of July 17, 1771...Figure 5.2. Diagrams of the fiery meteor of 1758 from the various testimonies co...Figure 5.3. Trajectory of the 1771 meteor between its appearance in Sussex Count...

5 Chapter 6Figure 6.1. Device used by Huygens to show water suspension (Huygens 1672, p. 13...Figure 6.2. Schematic diagrams of various experiments carried out by Hauksbee to...

6 Chapter 8Figure 8.1. Devices used for the experiment with the wooden vase (left) and the ...Figure 8.2. Charcoal pores (top) and petrified wood pores (bottom) under the mic...