The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: II. That it is probable our earth is one of the planetsVernor and Hood, 1802 |
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Pagina 13
... fire here ascend to those regions in the other ; which must needs much derogate from the providence of nature , and cause a great disorder in his works . But ratio hæc est minimè firma , * De Cælo , l . 1. cap . 8 , 9 . + Ibid . ( saith ...
... fire here ascend to those regions in the other ; which must needs much derogate from the providence of nature , and cause a great disorder in his works . But ratio hæc est minimè firma , * De Cælo , l . 1. cap . 8 , 9 . + Ibid . ( saith ...
Pagina 16
... fire by the strik- ing of the flint and steel . But suppose too that it were heretical , and against the faith , yet may it be admitted with the same privilege as Aristotle , from whom many more dangerous opinions have proceeded : as ...
... fire by the strik- ing of the flint and steel . But suppose too that it were heretical , and against the faith , yet may it be admitted with the same privilege as Aristotle , from whom many more dangerous opinions have proceeded : as ...
Pagina 24
... fire , others of water , and others of both but herein they generally agree , that they are all framed of some element or other ; which Diony- sius Carthusianus collects from that place in Genesis , where the heavens are mentioned in ...
... fire , others of water , and others of both but herein they generally agree , that they are all framed of some element or other ; which Diony- sius Carthusianus collects from that place in Genesis , where the heavens are mentioned in ...
Pagina 30
... fire , which must be held with this opinion here delivered ; for if we suppose a world in the moon , then it will follow , that the sphere of fire either is not there , where it is usually placed in the concavity of kis orb , or else ...
... fire , which must be held with this opinion here delivered ; for if we suppose a world in the moon , then it will follow , that the sphere of fire either is not there , where it is usually placed in the concavity of kis orb , or else ...
Pagina 31
... Fire does not seem so properly and directly to be op- posed to any thing as ice ; and if the one be not an ele- ment , why should the other ? If you object , that the fire which we commonly use does always tend upwards ; I answer , This ...
... Fire does not seem so properly and directly to be op- posed to any thing as ice ; and if the one be not an ele- ment , why should the other ? If you object , that the fire which we commonly use does always tend upwards ; I answer , This ...
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