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
Philosophy
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
the Cities and Mountaines hanging.” What shall wee thinke
_marginal quotes continue through line beginning “shall wee”_
a propension in its subject
_text reads “’its” with leading apostrophe_
But the position (say some) is directly against Scripture
_opening parenthesis missing_
Scripturequæ cœlum pluribus realibus atque
_“atque” written out (all other -que occurrences use ligature)_
more directly proved by _Mæslin_, _Keplar_, and _Galilæus_
_no comma after “Mæslin”_
it seemed most / likely to _Camillus Gloriosus_, _Th. Campanella_
_text has period (full stop) for comma_
too much for to vent at the first: the chiefe thing
_text reads “at the first. the”_
the words of _Fienus_, as they are quoted by _Fromondus_ in the above
cited place, _Possunt maximæ ..._
_text has “... cited place) _Possunt ...”_
_could also be:_
the words of _Fienus_ (as they are quoted by _Fromondus_ in the
above cited place) _Possunt maximæ
vespere Dominicæ Palmarum Anni 1605, in corpore Lunæ
_text reads “Anni 1605. in corpore”_
And this was the opinion of the _Cardinal de Cusa_
_text reads “de cusa”_
but to lead us along from the knowledge of one thing to another
_“a/long” printed at line break without hyphen_
Printer’s Errors:
Invisible letters or punctuation marks, supplied from context, are shown
in {braces}.
2{.} Grosse absurdities have beene entertained
[Sidenote] _Plutarch. de t{r}anq. anim._
[Sidenote] _Lib. 9. Architecturæ{.}_
[Sidenote] Reinhold _comment. in Purb. Th{e}or. pag. 164._
[Sidenote] _In lib. de natur. rerum{.}_
[Sidenote] _De 4r. Coævis.... Exercit{.} 62._
[Sidenote] _Plut. de plac. phil. l. 2. c. 13{.}_]
[Sidenote] _Ex qua parte luna est transpi{c}ua non totum secundum
superfi{ci}em,
[Sidenote] _Albert. mag. de {c}oævis. Q. 4. Art. 21._
[Sidenote] _S{c}alig. exercit. 62._
some others have thought it to be ver{y} much like a Fox
Mihi autem dubium fuit nu{m}quam ... sese in conspectum da{t}uram
But it may be againe obj{e}cted
yet would the motion of i{t}s centre by an attractive vertue still hold
it w{it}hin i{t}s convenient distance, so that whether their ear{t}h
moved
_“within”: “i” missing, “t” invisible_
You may see this truth assented unto by _Blancanus_ the J{e}suit
and if you obj{e}ct that the light which is conveyed
for he confesses himselfe that he saw this by the glasse{.}
our earth appeares a{s} brigh{t}
* * * * *
Pagination:
_Pages 177-192 (printed as 175-190) are all one error: The eight pages
printed on one side of the sheet forming signature N were misnumbered
by -2._
118, 120 _read_ 18, 20
123 _reads_ 113
166 _reads_ 66
177, 180, 181, 184, 185, 188, 189, 192
_read_ 175, 178, 179, 182, 183, 186, 187, 190
209 _reads_ 107
210, 211 _read_ 208, 209
212, 213, 214 _no printed number_
215 _reads_ 63
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