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

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            the Cannon vvhich is upon the Earth, toge-
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            ther vvith the Bullet in it, do partake of the
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            ſame Circular Motion vvith the Earth; </s>
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            this perhaps our Adverſaries vvill grant,
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            vvhilſt vve ſuppoſe the Bullet to remain
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            ſtill in the Cannon, all the difficulty vvill
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4604" xml:space="preserve">For the better explication of this, you may
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4606" xml:space="preserve">Where vve ſuppoſe AC to be a Cannon
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