Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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underſtand that we ſhould very commodiouſly ſalve all the
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nomena
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of theſe two Planets, with two Circles, in like manner,
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drawn about the Sun, and this firſt for
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Jupiter,
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marking it E L, and
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another above that for
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Saturn
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Mars
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at its
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ſhews to be ſixty
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times bigger than
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towards the
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junction.
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Jupiter
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and
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turn
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do likewiſe
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compaſſe the Earth,
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and the Sun.
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The
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tion and receſſion of
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the three ſuperiour
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Planets, importeth
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double the Suns
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becauſe (as you ſee) the approach and receſſion of the three
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periour Planets is meaſured with double the diſtance between the
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Earth and Sun, this maketh greater difference in
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Mars
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than in
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piter,
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the Circle D I, of
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Mars,
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being leſſer than the Circle E L,
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of
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Jupiter,
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and likewiſe becauſe this E L, is leſſe than this Circle
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F M, of
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Saturn,
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the ſaid difference is alſo yet leſſer in
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Saturn
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and that punctually anſwereth the
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Phænomena.
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It remains now that you aſſign a place to the Moon.</
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The difference of
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the apparent
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than in
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an dn
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than in
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why.
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concluſive) in regard we ſee that the Moon cometh to conjunction
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and oppoſition with the Sun, it is neceſſary to ſay, that its circle
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encompaſſeth the Earth, but yet doth it not follow, that it muſt
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environ the Sun, for then at that time towards its conjunction, it
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would not ſeem horned, but alwayes round and full of Light.
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Sun, by interpoſing betwixt it and us; It is neceſſary therefore
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to aſſign it a circle about the Earth, which ſhould be this N P, ſo
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that being conſtituted in P, it will appear from the Earth A, to be
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in conjunction with the Sun, and placed in N, it appeareth oppoſite
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to the Sun, and in that poſition it may fall under the Earths
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dow, and be obſcured.</
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The Moons Orb
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invironeth the
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Earth, but not the
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Simplicius,
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what ſhall we do with the fixed
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ſes of the Univerſe, at different diſtances, from any one
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nate point; or elſe placed in a ſuperficies ſpherically diſtended
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bout a centre of its own, ſo that each of them may be
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diſtant from the ſaid
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The probable
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ſituation of the
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fixed ſtars.
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them an Orb deſcribed about a determinate centre and comprized
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within two ſpherical ſuperficies, to wit, one very high, and
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cave, and the other lower, and convex, betwixt which I would </
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conſtitute the innumerable multitude of ſtars, but yet at divers
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titudes, and this might be called the Sphere of the Univerſe,
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ing within it the Orbs of the planets already by us deſcribed.</
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Which ought to
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be accounted the
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ſphere of the
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Simplicius,
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diſpoſed the
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mundane bodies exactly, according to the order of
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Copernicus,
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and we have done it with your hand; and moreover to each of
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them you have aſſigned peculiar motions of their own, except to
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the Sun, the Earth, and ſtarry Sphere; and to
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Mercury
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you have aſcribed the circular motion about the Sun, </
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