The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins ...: To which is Prefixed the Author's Life and an Account of His Works, Volumen1C. Whittingham, 1802 |
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... the spots of his selenographic map after his name . 4. Mercury ; or , the Secret Messenger : shew- ing how a Man may with Privacy and Speed com- municate his Thoughts to his Friend at any Dis- tance X THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
... the spots of his selenographic map after his name . 4. Mercury ; or , the Secret Messenger : shew- ing how a Man may with Privacy and Speed com- municate his Thoughts to his Friend at any Dis- tance X THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR .
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... , That those spots and brighter parts , which by our sight may be distinguished in the moon , do shew the dif- ference betwixt the sea and land in that other world ... 51 ............ VIII . That the spots represent the sea ,
... , That those spots and brighter parts , which by our sight may be distinguished in the moon , do shew the dif- ference betwixt the sea and land in that other world ... 51 ............ VIII . That the spots represent the sea ,
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... shew their skill , by pulling her out of her orb . So that when the silly multitude saw that she began to look red , they presently feared they should lose the benefit of her light , and therefore made a great noise that she might not ...
... shew their skill , by pulling her out of her orb . So that when the silly multitude saw that she began to look red , they presently feared they should lose the benefit of her light , and therefore made a great noise that she might not ...
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... shew him the great ocean , telling him the quality of that water , that it is brackish , salt , and not portable , and yet there were many vast creatures of all forms living in it , which make use of the water as we do of the air ...
... shew him the great ocean , telling him the quality of that water , that it is brackish , salt , and not portable , and yet there were many vast creatures of all forms living in it , which make use of the water as we do of the air ...
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... shew the ignorance of those primitive times , who did sometimes condemn what they did not un- derstand ; and have often censured the lawful and undoubt- ed parts of mathematics for heretical , because they them- selves could not ...
... shew the ignorance of those primitive times , who did sometimes condemn what they did not un- derstand ; and have often censured the lawful and undoubt- ed parts of mathematics for heretical , because they them- selves could not ...
Términos y frases comunes
absurd according adversaries æthereal affirm afterwards amongst Anaxagoras ancient answer Antipodes appear argument Aristotle assent unto astronomy beams betwixt bigger body brightness bullet cælo Cæsar cause centre cerning clouds comets common opinion conceive concerning conclude confirm Copernicus creatures discern discourse distance diurnal diurnal motion divers doth earth eclipses enlightened fathers fixed stars Galilæus Gibeon globe of earth ground hæc hath heat heavens Holy Ghost inhabitants Julius Cæsar Jupiter Keplar kind Lactantius light likewise lunæ matter miles moon Moses motion mountains move nature observed opacous philosophers planets Plato Plut Plutarch probable PROP prove Psal Ptolemy Pythagoras quæ quod reason saith Saturn scripture sect sense sextile shadow shew ship speaking sphere strange sun-beams sun's suppose swiftness terræ things thought tion Tostatus true truth Tycho urged vaporous air vapours venerable Bede Vesta vulgar whence whereas wherein words
Pasajes populares
Página 167 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Página 154 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Página 177 - They go up by the mountains; They go down by the valleys Unto the place which thou hast founded for them. Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; That they turn not again to cover the earth.
Página 172 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood ; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
Página 141 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Página 121 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life...
Página 177 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb...
Página 127 - He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, And hangeth the earth upon nothing. He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them.
Página 168 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.
Página 109 - That it is possible for some of our posterity to find out a conveyance to this other world, and if there be inhabitants there, to have commerce with them.