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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... situated , according to this opinion should stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies ...
... situated , according to this opinion should stand upright ; and many other such gross conse- quences would follow ( saith he ) which a false imagination is not able to fancy as possible . Upon which considera- tions , Bede also denies ...
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... situated in some high and eminent place . So Tostatus : Est etiam paradisus situ altissima , supra omnem terræ altitudinem § . " Paradise is situated in some 86 high place above the earth . " And therefore in his comment upon the 49th ...
... situated in some high and eminent place . So Tostatus : Est etiam paradisus situ altissima , supra omnem terræ altitudinem § . " Paradise is situated in some 86 high place above the earth . " And therefore in his comment upon the 49th ...
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... situated in some such place where it might be privileged from the extremities of heat and cold . But now this could not be ( they thought ) so conveniently in any lower , as it might in some higher air . For these and such like consi ...
... situated in some such place where it might be privileged from the extremities of heat and cold . But now this could not be ( they thought ) so conveniently in any lower , as it might in some higher air . For these and such like consi ...
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... situated from the causes of impurity and mixture . And then beside , the refraction that is made by the vaporous air encompassing our earth , may sufficiently prove that there is a great dif- ference betwixt the æthereal air and this ...
... situated from the causes of impurity and mixture . And then beside , the refraction that is made by the vaporous air encompassing our earth , may sufficiently prove that there is a great dif- ference betwixt the æthereal air and this ...
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... situated from the seat of the blessed . But now this heaven , which is the seat of the blessed , is concentrical to the starry sphere : and therefore it will follow , that our earth must be in the midst of this sphere ; and so ...
... situated from the seat of the blessed . But now this heaven , which is the seat of the blessed , is concentrical to the starry sphere : and therefore it will follow , that our earth must be in the midst of this sphere ; and so ...
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