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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... stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies the being of any Antipodes , Neque enim ...
... stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies the being of any Antipodes , Neque enim ...
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... stand to re- cite the arguments for either ; I have only urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after ...
... stand to re- cite the arguments for either ; I have only urged these authorities to countervail Aristotle and the schoolmen , and the better to make way for a proof of their corrup tibility . The next thing then to be enquired after ...
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... stand long in the proof of this propo- sition , since it is a truth already agreed on by the ge- neral consent of the most and the best philosophers . It is solid , in opposition to fluid , as is the air ; for how otherwise could it ...
... stand long in the proof of this propo- sition , since it is a truth already agreed on by the ge- neral consent of the most and the best philosophers . It is solid , in opposition to fluid , as is the air ; for how otherwise could it ...
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... standing some of the fixed stars of the fourth or fifth mag- nitude might easily have been discerned close by her as it was in the year 1620 * . 2. This may appear likewise from the variety of it at divers times ; for it is commonly ...
... standing some of the fixed stars of the fourth or fifth mag- nitude might easily have been discerned close by her as it was in the year 1620 * . 2. This may appear likewise from the variety of it at divers times ; for it is commonly ...
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... and for this expect to be celebrated by posterity . It is related of Eu- doxus , that he wished himself burnt with Phaeton , so he * Cap . 7 . might stand over the sun to contemplate its nature ; THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 47.
... and for this expect to be celebrated by posterity . It is related of Eu- doxus , that he wished himself burnt with Phaeton , so he * Cap . 7 . might stand over the sun to contemplate its nature ; THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 47.
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