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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... ascribes unto it ...... ..... 208 IX . That it is more probable the earth does move than the heavens 231 X. That this hypothesis is exactly agreeable to common ap- pearances 243 1 BOOK I. THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD ; PROPOSITION.
... ascribes unto it ...... ..... 208 IX . That it is more probable the earth does move than the heavens 231 X. That this hypothesis is exactly agreeable to common ap- pearances 243 1 BOOK I. THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW WORLD ; PROPOSITION.
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... moved from its own place ; and this would be impossible ( saith Ruvio † ) because against nature , and there- fore no more to be feared than the falling of the heavens . If you reply , that then according to this , there must be more ...
... moved from its own place ; and this would be impossible ( saith Ruvio † ) because against nature , and there- fore no more to be feared than the falling of the heavens . If you reply , that then according to this , there must be more ...
Pagina 15
... moved to this opinion , that he might thereby take from Alexander the occasion of this fear and discontent ; or else , perhaps , Aristotle himself was as loth to hold the possibility of a world which he could not discover , as Alexander ...
... moved to this opinion , that he might thereby take from Alexander the occasion of this fear and discontent ; or else , perhaps , Aristotle himself was as loth to hold the possibility of a world which he could not discover , as Alexander ...
Pagina 44
... moved round about the sun , ( as Aristotle relates it of him * ; ) and the Pythagoreans in general did affirm that the moon also was terrestrial , and that she was inhabited as this lower world : that those liv- ing creatures and plants ...
... moved round about the sun , ( as Aristotle relates it of him * ; ) and the Pythagoreans in general did affirm that the moon also was terrestrial , and that she was inhabited as this lower world : that those liv- ing creatures and plants ...
Pagina 50
... move . And how horrid soever this may seem at the first , yet it is likely enough to be true , nor is there any maxim or observation in optics ( saith Pena ) that can dis- prove it . Now if our earth were one of the planets ( as it is ...
... move . And how horrid soever this may seem at the first , yet it is likely enough to be true , nor is there any maxim or observation in optics ( saith Pena ) that can dis- prove it . Now if our earth were one of the planets ( as it is ...
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