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.
[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
[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.
[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
[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.
[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.
[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
[41.] PROP. XII.
[42.] PROP. XIII.
[43.] PROP. XIV.
[44.] FINIS.
[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.
[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
[47.] To the Reader.
[48.] PROP. I.
[49.] PROP. II.
[50.] PROP. III.
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head86" xml:space="preserve">PROP. IX.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4854" xml:space="preserve">1. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4855" xml:space="preserve">If we ſuppoſe the Earth to be the
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            cauſe of this Motion, then will thoſe vaſt
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            and glorious Bodies of the Heavens, be freed
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            from that inconceivable, unnatural ſwift-
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            neſs, which muſt otherwiſe be attributed
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s4857" xml:space="preserve">For if the Diurnal Revolution be in the
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              Epit. Aſtr.
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              l. 1. in fine.</note>
            Heavens, then it will follow, according to
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            the common Hypotheſis, that each Star in
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            the Equator, muſt in every hour move at
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            the leaſt 4529538 German miles. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4858" xml:space="preserve">So that
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            according to the obſervation of
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            who tells us, that the Pulſe of a well-tem-
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            pered Man, does beat 4000 times in an
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            hour; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4859" xml:space="preserve">one of the Stars in that ſpace, whilſt
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            the Pulſe beats once, muſt paſs 1132 Ger-
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            man miles (ſaith Alphraganus): </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4860" xml:space="preserve">Or, ac-
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            cording to Tycho, 732 German miles. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4861" xml:space="preserve">But
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            theſe numbers ſeem to be ſomewhat of the
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            leaſt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s4862" xml:space="preserve">and therefore many others do much
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