Miscellaneæ curiosæ [afterw.] Miscellanea curiosa: or, Entertainments for the ingenious of both sexes [ed. by T. Gent]. Jan./Mar. 1734-July/SeptThomas Gent 1734 |
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... Places of fo many Glow - Worms , by affording a feeble σε 66 66 86 Light to our Earth , or even to all our Fellow Planets : " To convince him , that they are fo many other Sus , with " their feveral Regions and Sets of Planets about ...
... Places of fo many Glow - Worms , by affording a feeble σε 66 66 86 Light to our Earth , or even to all our Fellow Planets : " To convince him , that they are fo many other Sus , with " their feveral Regions and Sets of Planets about ...
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... Places immenfly diftant from the Sun , ap- proach very near to it ; and fometimes fo near , that in their Perihelia they almoft touch its Body . The Theory of thefe Bodies was altogether unknown to Aftronomers , tiil in our own Times ...
... Places immenfly diftant from the Sun , ap- proach very near to it ; and fometimes fo near , that in their Perihelia they almoft touch its Body . The Theory of thefe Bodies was altogether unknown to Aftronomers , tiil in our own Times ...
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... Place among the Primary Qualities of all Bodies , or Extenfion , Mobility , and Impenetrability muft not . And if the Nature of Things is not rightly ex- plained by the Gravity of Bodies , it will not be rightly ex- plained by their ...
... Place among the Primary Qualities of all Bodies , or Extenfion , Mobility , and Impenetrability muft not . And if the Nature of Things is not rightly ex- plained by the Gravity of Bodies , it will not be rightly ex- plained by their ...
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... Place in Phyfics . It is hardly worth while to spend Time in anfwering this ridiculous Objection , which over- turns all Philofophy . For either they will deny Gravity to be in Bodies ; which cannot be faid : Or elfe , they will ...
... Place in Phyfics . It is hardly worth while to spend Time in anfwering this ridiculous Objection , which over- turns all Philofophy . For either they will deny Gravity to be in Bodies ; which cannot be faid : Or elfe , they will ...
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... Place in true Philofophy . The fame Motion of the Hour - hand in a Clock , may be occafion'd either by a Weight hung , or a Spring fhut up within . But if a certain Clock fhould be really moved with a Weight ; we should laugh at a Man ...
... Place in true Philofophy . The fame Motion of the Hour - hand in a Clock , may be occafion'd either by a Weight hung , or a Spring fhut up within . But if a certain Clock fhould be really moved with a Weight ; we should laugh at a Man ...
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Página 4 - ... As a blind man has no idea of colours, so have we no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things. He is utterly void of all body and bodily figure, and can therefore neither be seen nor heard nor touched ; nor ought He to be worshipped under the representation of any corporeal thing. We have ideas of His attributes, but what the real substance of anything is, we know not.
Página 3 - He is all similar, all eye, all ear, all brain, all arm, all power to perceive, to understand, and to act ; but in a manner not at all human, in a manner not at all corporeal, in a manner utterly unknown to us.
Página 25 - And thou, dost thou disdain to yield thy breath, Whose very life is little more than death ? More than one half by lazy sleep possest ; And when awake, thy soul but nods at best, 265 Day-dreams and sickly thoughts revolving in thy breast, Eternal troubles haunt thy.
Página 7 - ... the squares of the periodic times are as the cubes of the distances from the common centre, the centripetal forces will be inversely as the squares of the distances.
Página 1 - And if the fixed stars are the centres of other like systems, these, being formed by the like wise counsel, must be all subject to the dominion of One...
Página 2 - And from his true dominion it follows, that the true God is a living, intelligent, and powerful Being; and from his other perfections, that he is supreme or most perfect He is eternal and infinite, omnipotent and omniscient; that is, his duration reaches from eternity to eternity, his presence from infinity to infinity ; he governs all things, and knows all things that are or can be done.
Página 4 - But by way of allegory, God is said to see, to speak, to laugh, to love, to hate, to desire, to give, to receive, to rejoice, to be angry, to fight, to frame, to work, to build; for all our notions of God are taken from the ways of mankind by a certain similitude, which, though not perfect, has some likeness however. And thus much concerning God: to discourse of whom from the appearances of things does certainly belong to Natural Philosophy.
Página 9 - Therefore we may now more nearly behold the beauties of Nature, and entertain ourselves with the delightful contemplation; and, which is the best and most valuable fruit of philosophy, be thence incited the more profoundly to reverence and adore the great Maker and Lord of all.
Página 6 - And therefore we take the proper question to be, not who invented this or that method, but who was the first inventor of the method. And we believe that those who have reputed Mr. Leibnitz the first inventor knew little or nothing of his correspondence with Mr.
Página 9 - Alphonso were now alive he would not complain for want of the graces either of simplicity or of harmony in it. Therefore we may now more nearly behold the beauties of Nature and entertain ourselves...