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
281 101
282 102
283 103
284 104
285 105
286 106
287 107
288 108
289 109
290 110
291 111
292 112
293 113
294 114
295 115
296 116
297 117
298 118
299 119
300 120
301 121
302 122
303 123
304 124
305 125
306 126
307 127
308 128
309 129
310 130
< >
page |< < (154) of 370 > >|
    <echo version="1.0RC">
      <text xml:lang="en" type="free">
        <div xml:id="echoid-div315" type="section" level="1" n="64">
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5055" xml:space="preserve">
              <pb o="154" file="0334" n="334" rhead="That the Earth may be a Planet."/>
            bigneſs of the Orbs, and the time of their
              <lb/>
            Motions: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5056" xml:space="preserve">For then, next to the Sun, or
              <lb/>
            Centre, there will be the Sphere of Mercu-
              <lb/>
            ry; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5057" xml:space="preserve">which as it is but narrow in its Diame-
              <lb/>
            ter, ſo likewiſe is it quick in its Motion,
              <lb/>
            running its Courſe in eighty eight days:
              <lb/>
            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5058" xml:space="preserve">Venus, that is next unto it, in 224 days: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5059" xml:space="preserve">
              <lb/>
            The Earth in 365 days, or a Year: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5060" xml:space="preserve">Mars
              <lb/>
            in 687 days: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5061" xml:space="preserve">Jupiter in 4332 days: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5062" xml:space="preserve">Saturn
              <lb/>
            in 10759 days. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5063" xml:space="preserve">Thus likewiſe is it with
              <lb/>
            thoſe Medicean Stars that encompaſs Jupi-
              <lb/>
            ter. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5064" xml:space="preserve">That which is loweſt amongſt them,
              <lb/>
            finiſhes his Courſe in two and twenty hours; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5065" xml:space="preserve">
              <lb/>
            the next in three days and an half; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5066" xml:space="preserve">the third
              <lb/>
            in ſeven days; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5067" xml:space="preserve">and the fartheſt in ſeventeen
              <lb/>
            days. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5068" xml:space="preserve">Now as it is (according to Ariſto-
              <lb/>
            tle’s conſeſſion) more likely that Nature
              <lb/>
            ſhould obſerve ſuch a due proportion betwixt
              <lb/>
            the Heavenly Orbs; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5069" xml:space="preserve">ſo is it more probable,
              <lb/>
            that the Earth ſhould move, rather than the
              <lb/>
            Heavens.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5070" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5071" xml:space="preserve">Arg. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5072" xml:space="preserve">5. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5073" xml:space="preserve">This may likewiſe be confirmed
              <lb/>
            from the appearance of Comets: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5074" xml:space="preserve">Concern-
              <lb/>
            ing which, there are three things common-
              <lb/>
            ly granted; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5075" xml:space="preserve">or if they were not, might be
              <lb/>
            eaſily proved: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5076" xml:space="preserve">namely,</s>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5077" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5078" xml:space="preserve">That there are divers Comets in the
              <lb/>
            Air, betwixt the Moon and our Earth.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5079" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5080" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5081" xml:space="preserve">That many of theſe Comets do ſeem
              <lb/>
            to riſe and ſet as the Stars.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5082" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
          <p>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5083" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5084" xml:space="preserve">That this appearing Motion is not pro-
              <lb/>
            perly their own, but communicated unto
              <lb/>
            them from ſomewhat elſe.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s5085" xml:space="preserve"/>
          </p>
        </div>
      </text>
    </echo>
Impressum