Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed : illustrating the perfections of deity and a plurality of worlds (1845)
Dick, Thomas, 1774-1857, Parker, E. S., former owner. DSI, David H. DeVorkin Collection (Smithsonian Institution. Libraries) DSI · Philadelphia : Published by Edward C. Biddle · leaf 58
erations which is most consistent with the ideas of a Beingof infinite perfection. The arguments now stated, although we could produce noother, would be sufficient to corroborate the idea that the earthis a planetary body, performing its motion through the depthsof space ; but, happily, we are able… … 1. In the first place, the planets Mercury and Venus areuniformly observed to have two conjunctions with the sun.but no opposition, which could not possibly happen unlessthe orbits of those planets lay ivithin the orbit of the earth,as delineated in the plan of the solar system. This circum-stance…
Astronomy
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