The Discovery of a World in the Moone
The Discovery of a World in the Moone
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_ As that part of our aire which is neerest to the earth, is of a thickersubstance than the other, by reason tis alwaies mixed with some vapours, which are continually exhaled into it. So is it equally requisite, thatif there be a world in the Moone, that the aire about that should bealike qualified with ours. Now, that there is such an orbe of grosseaire, was first of all (for ought I can reade) observed by _Meslin_, afterwards assented unto by _Keplar_ and _Galilæus_, [1] and since by_Baptist...ae Cisatus_, _Sheiner_ with others, all of them confirming it bythe same arguments which I shall onely cite, and then leave thisProposition.
[Sidenote 1: _Vide_ Euseb. Nierem. _de Nat. Hist. L. 2. C. 11. _] 1. ’Tis observed, that so much of the Moone as is enlightened, isalwaies part of a bigger circle then that which is darker. Theirfrequent experience hath proved this, and an easie observation mayquickely confirme it. But now this cannot proceede from any other causeso probable, as from this orbe of aire, especially when we consider howthat planet shining with a borrowed light, doth not send forth any suchrayes as may make her appearance bigger then her body.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
_ As that part of our aire which is neerest to the earth, is of a thickersubstance than the other, by reason tis alwaies mixed with some vapours, which are continually exhaled into it. So is it equally requisite, thatif there be a world in the Moone, that the aire about that should bealike qualified with ours. Now, that there is such an orbe of grosseaire, was first of all (for ought I can reade) observed by _Meslin_, afterwards assented unto by _Keplar_ and _Galilæus_, [1] and since by_Baptist...ae Cisatus_, _Sheiner_ with others, all of them confirming it bythe same arguments which I shall onely cite, and then leave thisProposition.
[Sidenote 1: _Vide_ Euseb. Nierem. _de Nat. Hist. L. 2. C. 11. _] 1. ’Tis observed, that so much of the Moone as is enlightened, isalwaies part of a bigger circle then that which is darker. Theirfrequent experience hath proved this, and an easie observation mayquickely confirme it. But now this cannot proceede from any other causeso probable, as from this orbe of aire, especially when we consider howthat planet shining with a borrowed light, doth not send forth any suchrayes as may make her appearance bigger then her body.
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