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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... bodies , but common materials , and therefore they themselves had rather take pains to prefer them to some extraordinary nature ; whereas notwithstanding , all the arguments they could invent , were not able to convince a necessity of ...
... bodies , but common materials , and therefore they themselves had rather take pains to prefer them to some extraordinary nature ; whereas notwithstanding , all the arguments they could invent , were not able to convince a necessity of ...
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... body of the moon is moister and cooler than any of the other planets , by reason of the earthly vapours that are ... bodies they stood in need of some continual nou- rishment , without which they could not subsist . But Aristotle and his ...
... body of the moon is moister and cooler than any of the other planets , by reason of the earthly vapours that are ... bodies they stood in need of some continual nou- rishment , without which they could not subsist . But Aristotle and his ...
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... body of the sun ; amongst which , there is a frc- quent succession by a corruption of the old , and a genera- tion of new . So that though Aristotle's consequence were sufficient , when he proved that the heavens were not cor- ruptible ...
... body of the sun ; amongst which , there is a frc- quent succession by a corruption of the old , and a genera- tion of new . So that though Aristotle's consequence were sufficient , when he proved that the heavens were not cor- ruptible ...
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... body , to know whether that be capable of any such conditions , as may make it possible to be inhabited , and what those qualities are wherein it more nearly agrees with our earth . PROP . IV . That the Moon is a solid , compacted ...
... body , to know whether that be capable of any such conditions , as may make it possible to be inhabited , and what those qualities are wherein it more nearly agrees with our earth . PROP . IV . That the Moon is a solid , compacted ...
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... bodies whose superficies is full of unequal parts and gibbosities , as the moon is . Wherefore it is as well the more ... body , must necessarily be represented under such a colour . * Plut . de pla . Phil . 1. 2. c . 13 . ‡ Com . Purbac ...
... bodies whose superficies is full of unequal parts and gibbosities , as the moon is . Wherefore it is as well the more ... body , must necessarily be represented under such a colour . * Plut . de pla . Phil . 1. 2. c . 13 . ‡ Com . Purbac ...
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