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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            ‘ on of the Phythagoreans, that the Moon is an
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            ‘ other Earth, then her Brighter parts may fitly
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            ‘ Repreſent the Earths Superficies, and the
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            ‘ Darker part the Water: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1079" xml:space="preserve">and for my part, I
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            ‘ never Doubted but that our Earthly Globe
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            ‘ being Shined upon by the Sun, and beheld at
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            ‘ a great Diſtance, the Land would appear
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            ‘ Brighteſt, and the Sea more Obſcurely. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1080" xml:space="preserve">The
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            ‘ Reaſons may be.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1083" xml:space="preserve">That which I urged about the foregoing
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            Chapter, becauſe the Water is the Thinner part,
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            and therefore muſt give leſs Light.</s>
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            their Brightneſs, are Uſually concluded to be
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            the Thicker parts of her Orb.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1087" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1088" xml:space="preserve">Water is in it ſelf of a Blacker Colour
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            (ſaith Ariſtotle) and therefore more Remote
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            from Light than the Earth. </s>
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            Ground being Moiſtened with Rain, does Look
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            much more Darkly than when it is Dry.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1091" xml:space="preserve">3. </s>
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            of the Moon (which afterwards is proved to
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            proceed from our Earth) is ſenſibly brighter
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            unto us, for two or three days before the
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            Conjunction, in the morning when ſhe appears
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            Eaſtward, then about the ſame time after the
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            Conjunction, when ſhe is ſeen in the Weſt.
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            that part of the Earth which is oppoſite to
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            the Moon in the Eaſt, has more Land in it
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            than Land, from whence it will follow with
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            good probability that the Earth does caſt a
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            greater Light than the Water.</s>
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