The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ... to which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his works (1708)
Wilkins, John, 1614-1672, Pre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress), George Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress) · London, Printed for J. Nicholson [etc.] · leaf 227
ratheron the contrary, That thefe Circles are equally diftancand proportional in their Parts, in relpcd of tneEarth, becaufe it is our Eye that defcribes them aboutthe Center of it. So that though a far greater part of the World didappear at one tims than at anocher, yec in refped ofthofe Circles… … Where if we fuppcfe J to be our Earth, B C D Eone of the great Circles which we fancy about ir,F G H J the O: b of fixed Stars, R the Center ofthem: Now though the Ark G I I be bigger than theother G HI, yet nctwithftanding, to the Eye on theEarth Ay one will appear a Semicircle as well as…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-214-129.webp)
