Theſe are twelve indagations made by the Author at his
on, amongſt many which, as he ſaith, might be made by
ning the obſervations of theſe thirteen obſervators. The which
twelve we may believe to be the moſt favourable to prove his
intention.
on, amongſt many which, as he ſaith, might be made by
ning the obſervations of theſe thirteen obſervators. The which
twelve we may believe to be the moſt favourable to prove his
intention.
SAGR. I would know whether amongſt the ſo many other
dagations pretermitted by the Author, there were not ſome that
made againſt him, that is, from which calculating one might find
the new ſtar to have been above the Moon, as at the very firſt
ſight I think we may reaſonably queſtion; in regard I ſee theſe
already produced to be ſo different from one another, that ſome
of them give me the diſtance of the ſaid ſtar from the Earth, 4, 6,
10, 100, a thouſand, and an hundred thouſand times bigger one
than another; ſo that I may well ſuſpect that amongſt thoſe that
he did not calculate, there was ſome one in fauour of the adverſe
party. And I gueſſe this to be the more probable, for that I
not conceive that thoſe Aſtronomers the obſervators could want
the knowledg and practice of theſe computations, which I think
do not depend upon the abſtruceſt things in the World. And
deed it will ſeem to me a thing more than miraculous, if whilſt in
theſe twelve inveſtigations onely, there are ſome that make the
ſtar to be diſtant from the Earth but a few miles, and others that
make it to be but a very fmall matter below the Moon, there are
none to be found that in favour of the contrary part do make it
ſo much as twenty yards above the Lunar Orb. And that which
ſhall be yet again more extravagant, that all thoſe Aſtronomers
ſhould have been ſo blind as not to have diſcovered that their ſo
apparent miſtake.
dagations pretermitted by the Author, there were not ſome that
made againſt him, that is, from which calculating one might find
the new ſtar to have been above the Moon, as at the very firſt
ſight I think we may reaſonably queſtion; in regard I ſee theſe
already produced to be ſo different from one another, that ſome
of them give me the diſtance of the ſaid ſtar from the Earth, 4, 6,
10, 100, a thouſand, and an hundred thouſand times bigger one
than another; ſo that I may well ſuſpect that amongſt thoſe that
he did not calculate, there was ſome one in fauour of the adverſe
party. And I gueſſe this to be the more probable, for that I
not conceive that thoſe Aſtronomers the obſervators could want
the knowledg and practice of theſe computations, which I think
do not depend upon the abſtruceſt things in the World. And
deed it will ſeem to me a thing more than miraculous, if whilſt in
theſe twelve inveſtigations onely, there are ſome that make the
ſtar to be diſtant from the Earth but a few miles, and others that
make it to be but a very fmall matter below the Moon, there are
none to be found that in favour of the contrary part do make it
ſo much as twenty yards above the Lunar Orb. And that which
ſhall be yet again more extravagant, that all thoſe Aſtronomers
ſhould have been ſo blind as not to have diſcovered that their ſo
apparent miſtake.
SALV. Begin now to prepare your ears to hear with infinite
admiration to what exceſſes of confidence of ones own authority
and others folly, the deſire of contradicting and ſhewing ones
ſelf wiſer than others, tranſports a man. Amongſt the
tions omitted by the Author, there are ſuch to be found as make
the new ſtar not onely above the Moon, but above the fixed
ſtars alſo. And theſe are not a few, but the greater part, as you
ſhall ſee in this other paper, where I have ſet them down.
admiration to what exceſſes of confidence of ones own authority
and others folly, the deſire of contradicting and ſhewing ones
ſelf wiſer than others, tranſports a man. Amongſt the
tions omitted by the Author, there are ſuch to be found as make
the new ſtar not onely above the Moon, but above the fixed
ſtars alſo. And theſe are not a few, but the greater part, as you
ſhall ſee in this other paper, where I have ſet them down.
SAGR. But what ſaith the Author to theſe? It may be he did
not think of them?
not think of them?
SALV. He hath thought of them but too much: but ſaith, that
the obſervations upon which the calculations make the ſtar to be
infinitely remote, are erroneous, and that they cannot be
bined to one another.
the obſervations upon which the calculations make the ſtar to be
infinitely remote, are erroneous, and that they cannot be
bined to one another.