Wilkins, John, A discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither; unto which is added, a discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the Planets

List of thumbnails

< >
151
151 (139)
152
152 (140)
153
153 (141)
154
154 (142)
155
155 (143)
156
156 (144)
157
157 (145)
158
158 (146)
159
159 (147)
160
160 (148)
< >
page |< < (128) of 370 > >|
    <echo version="1.0RC">
      <text xml:lang="en" type="free">
        <div xml:id="echoid-div296" type="section" level="1" n="63">
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4601" xml:space="preserve">
              <pb o="128" file="0308" n="308" rhead="That the Earth may be a Planet."/>
            the Cannon vvhich is upon the Earth, toge-
              <lb/>
            ther vvith the Bullet in it, do partake of the
              <lb/>
            ſame Circular Motion vvith the Earth; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4602" xml:space="preserve">and
              <lb/>
            this perhaps our Adverſaries vvill grant,
              <lb/>
            vvhilſt vve ſuppoſe the Bullet to remain
              <lb/>
            ſtill in the Cannon, all the difficulty vvill
              <lb/>
            be, to ſhevv hovv it muſt neceſſarily obſerve
              <lb/>
            the ſame motion, vvhen it is ſhot out into
              <lb/>
            the open Air.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4603" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4604" xml:space="preserve">For the better explication of this, you may
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0308-01" xlink:href="note-0308-01a" xml:space="preserve">Gallil. Syſt
                <lb/>
              Collaq. 2.</note>
            note this follovving Figure.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4605" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <figure number="12">
            <image file="0308-01" xlink:href="http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/zogilib?fn=/permanent/library/xxxxxxxx/figures/0308-01"/>
          </figure>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4606" xml:space="preserve">Where vve ſuppoſe AC to be a Cannon
              <lb/>
            perpendicularly erected, vvith a Bullet in it
              <lb/>
            at B; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4607" xml:space="preserve">vvhich if it vvere immovable, vve
              <lb/>
            grant that the Bullet being diſcharged, muſt
              <lb/>
            aſcend in a juft perpendicular. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4608" xml:space="preserve">But novv,
              <lb/>
            conceive this Cannon to move along vvith
              <lb/>
            the Earth, then in that ſpace of time, vvhile
              <lb/>
            the Bullet, by the force of the Povvder, is
              <lb/>
            aſcending to the top of the Bore, the </s>
          </p>
        </div>
      </text>
    </echo>