Astro-theology; Or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, from a Survey of the Heavens ... By W. Derham .. The Thirteenth EditionAlex. M'Caslan, 1769 - 213 pages |
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Page 13
... especially the follicitations of many learned men , both known and unknown , have given me great encouragement to fulfil my promife , in fending abroad this other part , relating to the Heavens : which fhould fooner have feen the light ...
... especially the follicitations of many learned men , both known and unknown , have given me great encouragement to fulfil my promife , in fending abroad this other part , relating to the Heavens : which fhould fooner have feen the light ...
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... especially one of Mr Huygens's of above 120 feet , which few for goodness do furpafs . Of thefe obfervations the reader should have met with many more ( and I believe fome of my ingenious friends do expect more ) but that I lie under ...
... especially one of Mr Huygens's of above 120 feet , which few for goodness do furpafs . Of thefe obfervations the reader should have met with many more ( and I believe fome of my ingenious friends do expect more ) but that I lie under ...
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... especially fuch as feem very frivolous , par- ticulary thofe grounded on a fuppofition of the verity of the Ariftotelian philofo- phy , as the immutability and incorrup- tibility of the heavens , & c . For answers to which , I fhall ...
... especially fuch as feem very frivolous , par- ticulary thofe grounded on a fuppofition of the verity of the Ariftotelian philofo- phy , as the immutability and incorrup- tibility of the heavens , & c . For answers to which , I fhall ...
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... especially that part of it relating to the Solar System . Which things I have more largely than ordinary infifted on , for the fatisfaction of many that I am fenfible doubt of them , and particularly fome of my friends ( and thofe not ...
... especially that part of it relating to the Solar System . Which things I have more largely than ordinary infifted on , for the fatisfaction of many that I am fenfible doubt of them , and particularly fome of my friends ( and thofe not ...
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... especially lately from my views of the new ftar that now begins to disappear in the Swan's Neck . Which gave me oc- cafion to inspect fome other parts of that conftellation , moft parts of which are well replenished with a numerous ...
... especially lately from my views of the new ftar that now begins to disappear in the Swan's Neck . Which gave me oc- cafion to inspect fome other parts of that conftellation , moft parts of which are well replenished with a numerous ...
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alfo alſo appear atmoſphere becauſe befides cafe Caffini caufe cauſe Centrifugal Force CHAP Cicero confequently confiderable conftant contrived CREATOR darkneſs demonftration Deor diameter difcern diftance diurnal motion divers divine doth Dr Hook earth eclipfes Engliſh miles eſpecially faid faith fame farther fatellites feas fecondary feconds feem feen feveral globes fhall fhew fhewn fhould fide fince firft fixt ftars folar fome fometimes fpots ftate ftill fuch fufficient fupply fuppofed furface fyftem glaffes glafs gravity hath heavenly bodies heavens Huygens infinite itſelf Jupiter Jupiter's Lactantius laft leffer lefs light and heat manifeft manifeftly meaſure moft Moon Moon's moſt motion muſt neceffary neceffity obfervations occafion orbit orbs pafs Planets pleaſure pofition probable provifion rays reafon reft ring Saturn ſhall Sir Ifaac ſpace Stars Sun's teleſcope thefe themſelves ther theſe things thofe thoſe tion Univerſe uſe vaft vifible whofe wife