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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[51.] PROP. IV.
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[52.] PROP. V.
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[53.] PROP. VI.
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[54.] PROP. VII. PROP. VIII. PROP. IX. PROP. X.
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[55.] That the EARTH May be a PLANET. PROP. I.
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[56.] PROP. II.
Page: 201 (21)
[57.] PROP. III.
Page: 215 (35)
[58.] PROP. IV.
Page: 236 (56)
[59.] PROP. V. That the Scripture, in its proper conſtru-ction, does not any where affirm the Immobility of the Earth.
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[60.] PROP. VI. That there is not any Argument from the Words of Scripture, Principles of Na-ture, or Obſervations in Aſtronomy, which can ſuſſiciently evidence the Earth to be in the Gentre of the Uni-verſe.
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[61.] PROP. VII. Tis probable that the Sun is in the Gentre of the World.
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[62.] PROP. VIII. That there is not any ſufficient reaſon to prove the Earth incapable of thoſe mo-tions which Copernicus aſcribes un-to it.
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[63.] Provebimur portu, terræque, verbeſq; recedunt.
Page: 288 (108)
[64.] PROP. IX. That it is more probable the Earth does move, than the Sun or Heavens.
Page: 321 (141)
[65.] PROP. X. That this Hypotheſis is exactly agreeable to common appearances.
Page: 342 (162)
[66.] Quicunq; ſolam mente præcipiti petit
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[67.] Brevem replere non valentis ambitum, # Pudebit aucti nominis.
Page: 361 (181)
[68.] FINIS.
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            therefore the Beams muſt Sink into it, and can-
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            not ſo ſtrongly and clearly be reflected. </s>
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            in ſpeculo ubi plumbum abr aſum fuerit, ſaith Gar-
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            dan, as in Looking-glaſſes where part of the
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            Lead is raſed off, and nothing left behind to
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            Reverberate the Image, the ſpecies muſt there
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            paſs through, and not back again; </s>
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            where the Beams penetrate and ſink into the
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            ſubſtance of the Body, there cannot be ſuch an
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            immediate and ſtrong Reflexion, as when they
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            are beat back from the Superficies, and there-
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            fore the Sun cauſes a greater Heat by far upon
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            the Land than upon the Water. </s>
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            tain the Land does appear a great deal brighter
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1064" xml:space="preserve">This may yet further be illuſtrated by the
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            ſimilitude of a Looking-glaſs hanging upon a
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            Wall in the Sun-ſhine, where, if the Eye be
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            not placed in the juſt line of Reflexion from
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            the Glaſs, ’tis manifeſt that the Wall will be
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            of a brighter appearance than the Glaſs. </s>
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            indeed in the Line of Reflexion, the Light of
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            the Glaſs is equal almoſt unto that which comes
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            immediately from the Sun it ſelf; </s>
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            this is only in one particular place, and ſo is
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            not like that Brightneſs which we diſcern in
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            the Moon, becauſe this does appear </s>
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