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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[21.] The Firſt Book. That the MOON May be a WORLD. The Firſt Propoſition, by way of Preface.
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[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
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[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
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[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
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[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
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[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
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[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
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[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
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[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
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[30.] PROP. III. That the Heavens do not conſiſt of any ſuch pure Matter, which can priviledge them from the like Change and Corruption, as theſe Inferiour, Bodies are liable unto.
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[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
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[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
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[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
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[34.] PROP. VI. That there is a World in the Moon, bath been the direct Opinion of many Ancient, with ſome Modern Mathematicians, and may probably de deduc’d from the Tenents of others.
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[35.] PROP. VII. That thoſe Spots and brighter parts, which by our ſight may be diſtinguiſhed in the Moon, do ſhew the difference betwixt the Sea and Land, in that other World.
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[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
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[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
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[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
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[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
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[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
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[41.] PROP. XII.
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[42.] PROP. XIII.
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[43.] PROP. XIV.
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[44.] FINIS.
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[45.] A DISCOURSE Concerning a Rem Planet. Tending to prove That ’tis probable our EARTH is one of the PLANETS. The Second Book. By John Wilkins, late L. Biſhop of Cheſter.
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[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
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[47.] To the Reader.
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[48.] PROP. I.
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[49.] PROP. II.
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[50.] PROP. III.
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152140That the Moon may be a World. tho’ he could Fly a Thouſand Mile in a Day;
yet he would not Arrive thither under 180
Days, or Half a Year.
And how were it Poſſible for any to Tarry
ſo long without Dyet or Sleep?
1. For Diet. I Suppoſe there could be no
11Prop. 3. Truſting to that Fancy of Philo the Few (men-
tioned before) who thinks, that the Muſick of
the Sphears ſhould Supply the ſtrength of Food.
Nor can we well Conceive, how a Man
ſhould be Able to Carry ſo much Luggage
with him, as might ſerve for his Viaticum in ſo
Tedious a Journey.
2. But if he could: yet he muſt have ſome
time to Reſt and Sleep in. And I believe he
ſhall Scarce find any Lodgings by the Way.
No Inns to Entertain Paſſengers, nor any Ca-
ſtles in the Air (unleſs they be Inchanted ones)
to Receive Poor Pilgrims or Errant Knights.
And ſo Conſequently, he cannot have any
Poſſible hopes of Reaching thither.
Notwithſtanding all which Doubts, I ſhall
lay down this Poſition.
That Suppoſing a Man could Fly, or by any
other means, raiſe himſelf Twenty Miles up-
wards, or thereabouts, it were Poſſible for him
to come unto the Moon.
As for thoſe Arguments of the firſt kind, that
ſeem to overthrow the Truth of this, they
Proceed upon a wrong Ground. Whilſt they
Suppoſe, that a Condenſed Body, in any place
of the Air, would always Retain in it a ſtrong
Inclination of Tending Down-wards, towards
the Centre of this Earth. Whereas ’tis more
probable, that if it were but ſomewhat

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