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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... eclipses by the name of xa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore Plutarch speaking of a lunary eclipse , relates , that at such times it was a custom amongst the Romans , ( the most civil and ...
... eclipses by the name of xa , passions , or in the phrase of the poets , Solis lunæque labores . And therefore Plutarch speaking of a lunary eclipse , relates , that at such times it was a custom amongst the Romans , ( the most civil and ...
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... eclipses , would then threaten to 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 ...
... eclipses , would then threaten to 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 ...
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... eclipses , there appears within her a duskish ruddy colour , because the sun - beams being refracted in passing through the pores of her body , must necessarily be represented under such a colour . * Plut . de pla . Phil . 1. 2. c . 13 ...
... eclipses , there appears within her a duskish ruddy colour , because the sun - beams being refracted in passing through the pores of her body , must necessarily be represented under such a colour . * Plut . de pla . Phil . 1. 2. c . 13 ...
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... eclipses as have turned day into night ; that have discovered the stars , and frightened the birds with such a ... eclipse which fell in Xerxes's time , describes it thus : εnλITYY TYY EX T8 spave edgyv apavus § . The sun leaving his ...
... eclipses as have turned day into night ; that have discovered the stars , and frightened the birds with such a ... eclipse which fell in Xerxes's time , describes it thus : εnλITYY TYY EX T8 spave edgyv apavus § . The sun leaving his ...
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... eclipse the sun , as our earth doth the moon . And besides , the mountains that are observed there , do cast a dark shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards t . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the ...
... eclipse the sun , as our earth doth the moon . And besides , the mountains that are observed there , do cast a dark shadow behind them , as shall be shewed afterwards t . Since then the like interposition of them both , doth produce the ...
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