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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... ; OR , A DISCOURSE TENDING TO PROVE , THAT ( IT IS PROBABLE ) THERE MAY BE ANOTHER HABITABLE WORLD IN THE MOON . WITH A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF A PASSAGE THITHER . VOL I. TO THE READER . I F amongst thy leisure hours.
... ; OR , A DISCOURSE TENDING TO PROVE , THAT ( IT IS PROBABLE ) THERE MAY BE ANOTHER HABITABLE WORLD IN THE MOON . WITH A DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF A PASSAGE THITHER . VOL I. TO THE READER . I F amongst thy leisure hours.
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John Wilkins. TO THE READER . I F amongst thy leisure hours , thou canst spare any for the perusal of this Discourse , and dost look to find some- what in it which may serve for thy information and benefit ; let me then advise thee to ...
John Wilkins. TO THE READER . I F amongst thy leisure hours , thou canst spare any for the perusal of this Discourse , and dost look to find some- what in it which may serve for thy information and benefit ; let me then advise thee to ...
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... amongst the ancient variety and search of opi- nions , the best hath still prevailed . Time ( saith the learned Verulam ) seems to be of the nature of a river or stream ; which carrieth down to us that which is light , or blown up , but ...
... amongst the ancient variety and search of opi- nions , the best hath still prevailed . Time ( saith the learned Verulam ) seems to be of the nature of a river or stream ; which carrieth down to us that which is light , or blown up , but ...
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... amongst the seven wonders , " whereas here the philosophers have made the fields and seas , the cities and mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their ...
... amongst the seven wonders , " whereas here the philosophers have made the fields and seas , the cities and mountains hanging ? " What shall we think ( saith he in Plut . ) that men do cling to that place like worms , or hang by their ...
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... amongst many of the ancients ; insomuch , that from hence they stiled eclipses by the name of xa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore Plutarch speaking of a lunary eclipse , relates , that ...
... amongst many of the ancients ; insomuch , that from hence they stiled eclipses by the name of xa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore Plutarch speaking of a lunary eclipse , relates , that ...
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