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 63
centre of the planetary system, the motions of all theplanets would present a scene of inextricable confusion.They would appear so irregular and anomalous that no rationalbeing would ever suppose they could be the contrivances ofan all-wise Being, possessed of every perfection. This willappear at… … delineated by the celebrated astronomer Cassini, and publishedin the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Herethe motion of this planet appears to describe a complicatedcurve, or a series of loops or spirals running into each other,instead of a regular circular motion in an orbit; and…
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