And thus we have a true and exact Deſcription of the Sun’s Palace, where the Earth will be Twelve thouſand of its Semidiameters diſtant from him, which in German Miles makes above ſeventeen Millions. But perhaps we may have a clearer Comprehenſion of this vaſt Length, by comparing it with ſome very ſwift Motion after the Example of Heſiod the Poet, who imagin’d that an Anvil let fall from the Top of Heaven, reach’d the Earth the tenth Day of its Journey, and in ten more arriv’d at the Bottom of Hell, the end of it: ſo making the Earth the mid-way between Heaven and Hell. I ſhan’t make uſe of the Anvil, but of ſomething as good, namely, a Bullet ſhot out of a great Gun, which may travel perhaps in a Moment, or Pulſe of an Artery, about a hundred Fathom, as is proved by thoſe Experiments that Merſennus in a Treatiſe of his relates; by which the Sound was found to extend itſelf eighty hundredth parts in the [The immenſe diſtance between the Sun and Planets illuſtrated.] ſame time. I ſay then, that ſuppoſing a Bullet to move with this Swiftneſs from the Earth to the Sun, it would ſpend 25 Years in its Paſſage. To make a Journey from Jupiter to the Sun, would require 125, and from Saturn thither 250 Years. This account depends upon the meaſure of the Earth’s Diameter, which, according to the accurate Obſervations of the French, is 6538594 times ſix Paris Feet, one Degree being 57060 of that Meaſure. This ſhows us how vaſt thoſe Orbs muſt be, and how inconſiderable this Earth, the Theatre upon which all our mighty Deſigns, all our Navigations, and all our Wars are tranſacted, is when compared to them. A very fit Conſideration, and Matter of Reflection, for thoſe Kings and Princes who ſacrifice the Lives of ſo many People, only to flatter their Ambition in being Maſters of ſome pitiful Corner of this ſmall Spot. But to return to the matter in hand, now we have given you an account of the Sun’s proportion to thoſe Orbs and Bodies, we’ll ſee what more we can ſay of him. [No ground for Conjecture in the Sun.]