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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... discern in these examples , how confident many of these great scholars were in so gross an error ; how un- * De ratione temporum , cap . 32 . Comment . in 1 cap . Gen. † De nat . rerum , lib . 1 . § Psalm xxiv . 2 . Comment . in 1 Gen ...
... discern in these examples , how confident many of these great scholars were in so gross an error ; how un- * De ratione temporum , cap . 32 . Comment . in 1 cap . Gen. † De nat . rerum , lib . 1 . § Psalm xxiv . 2 . Comment . in 1 Gen ...
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... discern any altera- tion amongst them . But unto this I answer : 1. Supposing we could not , yet would it not hence follow that there were none , as he himself in effect doth confess in another place ; for speaking concerning our ...
... discern any altera- tion amongst them . But unto this I answer : 1. Supposing we could not , yet would it not hence follow that there were none , as he himself in effect doth confess in another place ; for speaking concerning our ...
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... discern any star , but by a multitude of refractions , and so consequently we could not possibly find their true situations , either in re- spect of us , or in regard of one another : since whatever the eye discerns by a refracted beam ...
... discern any star , but by a multitude of refractions , and so consequently we could not possibly find their true situations , either in re- spect of us , or in regard of one another : since whatever the eye discerns by a refracted beam ...
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... discern in ordinary matters . For if the heavens be without all elementary qualities , as is usually supposed , then it would be a very incongruous thing for the element of fire to be placed immediately next unto it ; since the heat of ...
... discern in ordinary matters . For if the heavens be without all elementary qualities , as is usually supposed , then it would be a very incongruous thing for the element of fire to be placed immediately next unto it ; since the heat of ...
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... discerned in many * De cœlo 1. 2. com . 49 . De phænom . lunæ . c . 11 . ↑ Ant . lection . 1. 20. c . 4 . places , whereas those bodies which give light by reflexion 32 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD : That the moon is a solid, compacted ...
... discerned in many * De cœlo 1. 2. com . 49 . De phænom . lunæ . c . 11 . ↑ Ant . lection . 1. 20. c . 4 . places , whereas those bodies which give light by reflexion 32 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD : That the moon is a solid, compacted ...
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