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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... learning . He was a great mathematician , and very much advanced the study of astronomy , both while he was warden of Wadham College in Ox- furd , and at London , when he was a member of the royal society . He was as well seen in mecha ...
... learning . He was a great mathematician , and very much advanced the study of astronomy , both while he was warden of Wadham College in Ox- furd , and at London , when he was a member of the royal society . He was as well seen in mecha ...
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... learning , in these times observed by the ju- dicious Verulam . Questionless there are many secret truths which the ancients have passed over , that are yet left to make some of our age famous for their discovery . If by this occasion I ...
... learning , in these times observed by the ju- dicious Verulam . Questionless there are many secret truths which the ancients have passed over , that are yet left to make some of our age famous for their discovery . If by this occasion I ...
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... learning , doth also confidently deny that there are any such Antipodes , though the reason which he urges for it be not so absurd as the former ; for the apostles , saith he , travelled through the whole habitable world , but they ...
... learning , doth also confidently deny that there are any such Antipodes , though the reason which he urges for it be not so absurd as the former ; for the apostles , saith he , travelled through the whole habitable world , but they ...
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... learning , but believed also by the more famous and wiser sort ; such as were those great poets , Stesichorus and Pindar : and not only amongst the more sottish heathens , who might account that planet to be one of their gods , but the ...
... learning , but believed also by the more famous and wiser sort ; such as were those great poets , Stesichorus and Pindar : and not only amongst the more sottish heathens , who might account that planet to be one of their gods , but the ...
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... learning ; but yet it is not ingratitude to speak against him , when he opposeth truth ; for then many of the fathers would be very guilty , especially Justin , who hath writ a treatise purposely against him , But suppose this opinion ...
... learning ; but yet it is not ingratitude to speak against him , when he opposeth truth ; for then many of the fathers would be very guilty , especially Justin , who hath writ a treatise purposely against him , But suppose this opinion ...
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