53/94 circa tempestates, Jena, 1697. For the Protestant theory of bells, see, e.g., the Ciciones Selectae of Superintendent Conrad Dieterich (cited by Peuchen, Disp. For Protestant ringing of bells to dispel tempests, see Schwimmer, Physicalische Luftfragen, 1692 (cited by Peuchen, as above). He pictures the whole population of a Thuringinian district flocking to the churches on the approach of a storm. |