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 230
e (as Copernicm doesj theEarth to be hcaated in that which they would have tobe the Suns 0;b ; yet would there not be any Eciipfe,but when the Sun and Moon were Diametrically op-pofite, and our Earth betwixt thtm ; as may clearlybe manifefted by this Figure, where you fee the twoLuminaries in… … carlo, lib. 2f. 14. The lad and chief Argument, is taken frotn the ^g-/^-;appearance of the Stars; which in every Horizofj, ar ^^-fi--^^each Hour of the Night, and at all times of the Year,feem of an equal bignefs. Now this could not be, ifour Earth werefometimes nearer ynrothemby 2000000German…
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