An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe: $b founded upon the laws of nature, and solving by mathematical principles the general phænomena of the visible creation; and particularly the via lactea ...Wright, Thomas
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An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe: $b founded upon the laws of nature, and solving by mathematical principles the general phænomena of the visible creation; and particularly the via lactea ...
Wright, Thomas
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800
The 1} { 27,96}
2} { 35,52} Feet distant from his
3} would be { 50, } Center.
4} {114, }
5} {341,9 }
And those of _Jupiter_.
The 1} { 28,51 }
2} would be { 69,177}
3} {110,224} Feet distant from him.
4} {190, }
]
That of the most distant Comet 390, and the nearest of the Stars not
less than 6875,[AV] Radius's of the _Orbis Magnus_.
[Footnote AV:
° ′ ″
Radius, or Sign of 89 59 30 ---- ---- 10,0000000
Sine substract of 0 0 30 ---- ---- 6,1626961
----------
Hence the Distance 6875,5 ---- ---- 3,8373039
]
Now, if like Creations crowd the vast Depths of Infinity, and if each
are adapted to receive Beings of different Natures, where must our
Wonder and Ideas have end?
As it is evident in the Sign _Taurus_, in _Perseus_, and _Orion_, that
we can plainly perceive Stars to the sixth and ninth Magnitude, the
former with our naked Eye, the other by the Help of Telescopes, the
visional ocular Creation cannot be less than 4,320,000,000,000 Miles in
semi Diameter, and admitting a regular Distribution of those primordial
Bodies amongst themselves, the Depth, or most remote Limits of the
_Vortex Magnus_ from Side to Side, cannot be less than 8 m, m, 640
thousand of Million of Miles, admitting it is no more than what we see;
and lastly, supposing our System to be situated nearly in the Middle of
the _Vortex Magnus_ (which, from the visible Order of the Stars, we may
justly conjecture, with the highest Probability of Truth) the nearest
Distance of the _Ens Primum_, in the Realms of eternal Day, will rise
to 30,000,000,000,000 Miles, but more probably to 100,000,000,000,000
Miles, making the Confines of Creation from Verge to Verge in the first
Case, upwards of 68 Million of Millions of Miles, Diameter, and by the
last above 200′. But, if we compute the Distance of the Stars after the
Manner of _Huygens_, for his Distance of _Syrius_ from the Sun, the
Distance of the Region of Immortality without exceeding Probability may
rise to near 1,000,000,000,000,000 Miles.
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