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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... mile and a half , might plainly and distinctly be perceived for sixteen Italian miles , and that as they were really in themselves , without any transposition or falsifying at all . So that what the ancient poets were fain to put in a ...
... mile and a half , might plainly and distinctly be perceived for sixteen Italian miles , and that as they were really in themselves , without any transposition or falsifying at all . So that what the ancient poets were fain to put in a ...
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... appear in the circle of the moon , where they should be legible by any other , who * So Bede in 1. de Mund . constit . + De subtil . lib . 3 . * might at that time be some miles distant from E 2 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 51.
... appear in the circle of the moon , where they should be legible by any other , who * So Bede in 1. de Mund . constit . + De subtil . lib . 3 . * might at that time be some miles distant from E 2 THAT THE MOON MAY BE A WORLD . 51.
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... miles distant , forte etiam , vel milliare mil- lesimum ( they are his own words ) , and perhaps a thou- ` sand ; and all this in a little space , quicker than the sun can move . Now , what conveyance there should be for so speedy a ...
... miles distant , forte etiam , vel milliare mil- lesimum ( they are his own words ) , and perhaps a thou- ` sand ; and all this in a little space , quicker than the sun can move . Now , what conveyance there should be for so speedy a ...
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... miles , and the moon's 2000 ( as is commonly granted . ) Now Galilæus hath observed , that some parts have been enlightened , when they were the twentieth part of the diameter distant from the common term of illumination . From whence ...
... miles , and the moon's 2000 ( as is commonly granted . ) Now Galilæus hath observed , that some parts have been enlightened , when they were the twentieth part of the diameter distant from the common term of illumination . From whence ...
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... miles upright : nay Aristotle , speaking of Caucasus in Asia , affirms it to be visible for 560 miles , as some in- terpreters find by computation ; from which it will follow , that it was 78 miles perpendicularly high ; as you may see ...
... miles upright : nay Aristotle , speaking of Caucasus in Asia , affirms it to be visible for 560 miles , as some in- terpreters find by computation ; from which it will follow , that it was 78 miles perpendicularly high ; as you may see ...
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