The discovery of a world in the moone : $b or, A discovrse tending to prove that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in that planetWilkins, John
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The discovery of a world in the moone : $b or, A discovrse tending to prove that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in that planet
Wilkins, John
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Moon -- Early works to 1800
This work is often cited as “De Moribus”; other early mentions are
found in _Tristram Shandy_ and _The Anatomy of Melancholy_.
Mæslin (Michael Maestlin): _Epitome Astronomiae_ (1610)
Carolus Malapertus, Malapertius (Charles Malapert): _Austriaca sidera
heliocyclia astronomicis hypothesibus illigata_ (1633)
Jacobus Mazonius (Jacopo Mazzoni): _In universam Platonis et Aristotelis
philosophiam praeludia sive de Comparatione Platonis et Aristotelis_
Johannes Eusebius (Juan Eusebio) Nieremberg: _Historia Naturae_ (1635)
Augustinus Nifus (Niphus, Agostino Nifo)
Quoted text not identified by name.
Benedictus Pererius (Benito Pereira): _Commentariorum et disputationum
in Genesim tomi quattuor_ (1591-99)
Plutarch: _De facie in orbe lunae_
----: _De tranquillitate animi_
Erasmus Reinhold: Commentary (1542, 1553) on Georg Purbach’s _Theoricae
novae planetarum_
Caelius = Lodovicus Caelius Rhodiginus (Lodovico / Luigi Ricchieri):
_Lectionum antiquarum libri triginta_
Ruvio (Antonio Rubio): Commentary on Aristotle’s _De Caelo_
(Julius Caesar) Scaliger: _Exotericae exercitationes ad Hieronymum
Cardanum_
Christoph Scheiner: _Rosa Ursina sive Sol ex Admirando Facularum
& Macularum suarum Phoenomeno varius_
Tostatus (Alonso Tostado): _In Genesis_
* * * * *
Errors and Anomalies:
All but one occurrence of -que is written with a ligature. They have
been expanded for this e-text.
though they have for a long time lien neglected
_so in original: “lain”?_
πολλοὺς ἤδη καὶ οὐδένα νόον ἔχοντας
_text reads πελλοὺς; last vowel in ἔχοντας unclear_
both St. _Uincentius_and _Senafinus_
_“Senafinus” could not be identified, but cannot be Serafinus_
_Aristotle_ was the viol of Gods wrath
_spelling “viol” as in original_
the world is much beholden to _Aristotle_ for all its sciences
_text reads “it sciences”_
if there be more worlds than one
_text reads “more words”_
[Sidenote] Ecclus. 43. 3. 4.
_so in original: “Eccles.”?_
[Sidenote to “Ptolome”] _I{o} Apost._
_reading unclear, text not identified: “I^o.”?_
[Sidenote to “Rosa Vrsina”] _lib. 4. p. 2. cy. 24, 35._
_unclear: “ty.” or error for “cp.”?_
_Hebræonia l. 2. c. 4._
_text unclear: “Hebraeoma”?_
and more especially _Malapertius_
_text reads “Mulapertius”_
but never confuted by any solid reason
_text reads “coufuted”_
[Sidenote] ... _dissertatio / cum Nic. Hill._ ...
_so in original: error for “dissertatio cum Nunc[ius] Sid[ereus]”
(by Kepler)?_
vius qui ad experimenta hæc contradicendi animo accesserant
_so in original_
it might probably be deduced
_text reads “de deduced”_
so _Ioach. Rlelicus_
_so in original: “Rheticus”?_
Others think[1] that there be some bodies
_text reads “that there some bodies”_
[Sidenote] So _Bede_ in _d. de Mund. constit._
_single letter illegible: could be “fi” or “à”_
[Sidenote] Eusebius Nioremb. _Hist. Nat.
_so in original: “Nieremberg”_
sententiam exsuscitare velit
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