The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volume 1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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Pagina 35
... shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards + . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the like effect , they must necessarily be of the like natures , that is , alike opacous , which is the thing to be ...
... shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards + . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the like effect , they must necessarily be of the like natures , that is , alike opacous , which is the thing to be ...
Pagina 39
... shadow can cloud the proper light of the moon from appearing , or take away any thing from her inherent brightness ; for this were to think a shadow to be a body , an opinion alto- gether misbecoming a philosopher , as Tycho grants in ...
... shadow can cloud the proper light of the moon from appearing , or take away any thing from her inherent brightness ; for this were to think a shadow to be a body , an opinion alto- gether misbecoming a philosopher , as Tycho grants in ...
Pagina 40
... shadow any corporeal thing , or thick substance , that it can cloud the moon's brightness , or take it away from our sight ; but it is a mere privation of the sun's light by reason of the interposition of the earth's opacous body . 3 ...
... shadow any corporeal thing , or thick substance , that it can cloud the moon's brightness , or take it away from our sight ; but it is a mere privation of the sun's light by reason of the interposition of the earth's opacous body . 3 ...
Pagina 41
... shadow unto her body : and from a mix- ture of this second light with the shadow , arises that red- " ness which at such times appears unto us . I may call it lumen crepusculinum , the Aurora of the moon , or such a kind of blushing ...
... shadow unto her body : and from a mix- ture of this second light with the shadow , arises that red- " ness which at such times appears unto us . I may call it lumen crepusculinum , the Aurora of the moon , or such a kind of blushing ...
Pagina 42
... shadow , and the sun - beams which are round about it not being able to come directly unto her body ; yet some second rays there are , which passing through the shadow , make her appear in that ruddy colour : so that she must appear ...
... shadow , and the sun - beams which are round about it not being able to come directly unto her body ; yet some second rays there are , which passing through the shadow , make her appear in that ruddy colour : so that she must appear ...
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Pagina 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Pagina 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Pagina 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Pagina 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Pagina 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Pagina 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Pagina 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Pagina 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Pagina 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Pagina 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.