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

Page concordance

< >
Scan Original
151 139
152 140
153 141
154 142
155 143
156 144
157 145
158 146
159 147
160 148
161 149
162 150
163 151
164 152
165 153
166 154
167 155
168 156
169 157
170 158
171 159
172 160
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
< >
page |< < (72) of 370 > >|
    <echo version="1.0RC">
      <text xml:lang="en" type="free">
        <div xml:id="echoid-div107" type="section" level="1" n="36">
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1078" xml:space="preserve">
              <pb o="72" file="0084" n="84" rhead="That the Moon may be a World."/>
            ‘ on of the Phythagoreans, that the Moon is an
              <lb/>
            ‘ other Earth, then her Brighter parts may fitly
              <lb/>
            ‘ Repreſent the Earths Superficies, and the
              <lb/>
            ‘ Darker part the Water: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1079" xml:space="preserve">and for my part, I
              <lb/>
            ‘ never Doubted but that our Earthly Globe
              <lb/>
            ‘ being Shined upon by the Sun, and beheld at
              <lb/>
            ‘ a great Diſtance, the Land would appear
              <lb/>
            ‘ Brighteſt, and the Sea more Obſcurely. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1080" xml:space="preserve">The
              <lb/>
            ‘ Reaſons may be.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1081" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1082" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1083" xml:space="preserve">That which I urged about the foregoing
              <lb/>
            Chapter, becauſe the Water is the Thinner part,
              <lb/>
            and therefore muſt give leſs Light.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1084" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1085" xml:space="preserve">Since the Stars and Planets, by Reaſon of
              <lb/>
            their Brightneſs, are Uſually concluded to be
              <lb/>
            the Thicker parts of her Orb.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1086" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1087" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1088" xml:space="preserve">Water is in it ſelf of a Blacker Colour
              <lb/>
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0084-01" xlink:href="note-0084-01a" xml:space="preserve">In lib. de
                <lb/>
              coloribus</note>
            (ſaith Ariſtotle) and therefore more Remote
              <lb/>
            from Light than the Earth. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1089" xml:space="preserve">Any parts of the
              <lb/>
            Ground being Moiſtened with Rain, does Look
              <lb/>
            much more Darkly than when it is Dry.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1090" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1091" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1092" xml:space="preserve">’Tis obſerved that the ſecondary Light
              <lb/>
            of the Moon (which afterwards is proved to
              <lb/>
            proceed from our Earth) is ſenſibly brighter
              <lb/>
            unto us, for two or three days before the
              <lb/>
            Conjunction, in the morning when ſhe appears
              <lb/>
            Eaſtward, then about the ſame time after the
              <lb/>
            Conjunction, when ſhe is ſeen in the Weſt.
              <lb/>
            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1093" xml:space="preserve">The Reaſon of which muſt be this, becauſe
              <lb/>
            that part of the Earth which is oppoſite to
              <lb/>
            the Moon in the Eaſt, has more Land in it
              <lb/>
            than Sea. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1094" xml:space="preserve">Whereas on the contrary, the Moon
              <lb/>
            when ſhe is in the Weſt, is ſhined upon that
              <lb/>
            part of our Earth where there is more Sea. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1095" xml:space="preserve">
              <lb/>
            than Land, from whence it will follow with
              <lb/>
            good probability that the Earth does caſt a
              <lb/>
            greater Light than the Water.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1096" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
        </div>
      </text>
    </echo>
Impressum