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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... bigness . But a while after ( as the tradition goes ) the ambitious moon put up her complaint to God against the sun , shewing that it was not fit there should be two such great lights in the heavens ; a monarchy would best become the ...
... bigness . But a while after ( as the tradition goes ) the ambitious moon put up her complaint to God against the sun , shewing that it was not fit there should be two such great lights in the heavens ; a monarchy would best become the ...
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... bigness ; but then she appears somewhat less than when she is in the full , though she be in the same place of her supposed excentrick and epicycle ; and there- fore Tycho hath calculated a table for the diameter of the divers new moons ...
... bigness ; but then she appears somewhat less than when she is in the full , though she be in the same place of her supposed excentrick and epicycle ; and there- fore Tycho hath calculated a table for the diameter of the divers new moons ...
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... bigness of their moon , which is our earth . For this returns as great a light unto that planet , as it receives from it . But for the better proof of this , I shall first free the way from such opinions as might otherwise hinder the ...
... bigness of their moon , which is our earth . For this returns as great a light unto that planet , as it receives from it . But for the better proof of this , I shall first free the way from such opinions as might otherwise hinder the ...
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... bigness also , and of what capacity it is . Francis Ribera in his comment on the Revc- lations , speaking of those words , where it is said , that the blood went out of the wine - press , even unto the horses bridles , by the space of ...
... bigness also , and of what capacity it is . Francis Ribera in his comment on the Revc- lations , speaking of those words , where it is said , that the blood went out of the wine - press , even unto the horses bridles , by the space of ...
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... bigness of any thing in this kind , that can hinder its motion , if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto . We see a great ship swims as well as a small cork , and an eagle flies in the air as well as a little gnat . This engine ...
... bigness of any thing in this kind , that can hinder its motion , if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto . We see a great ship swims as well as a small cork , and an eagle flies in the air as well as a little gnat . This engine ...
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