The Philosophical Grammar Being A View Of The Present State Of Experimented Physiology Or Natural Philosophy Etc

Author : Benjamin Martin
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230389042
Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book The Philosophical Grammar; Being a View of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, Or Natural Philosophy ... written by Benjamin Martin and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 edition. Excerpt: ... be 210265, and the Breadth of the Ring to be 29200 Miles; its Thickness is unknown, as being too little for Observation j it hath a Variety of Aspects, sometimes appearing a large Ellipsis, then a smaller j sometimes only as a strait Line, and sometimes not visible at all: These are the most remarkable Particulars of this Prodigy of Nature known by us; as to the Matter of which it doth consist, that is not known by any: I have given you a Representation thereof in Fig. XXV. on Plate XV. fronting p. 187 %. A. This is astonishing, and full of Wonder and Amazement indeed! But did not you say somewhat of a like Nature pertained also to Jupiter; pray what are those Belts of his you mentioned but now? B. Those Belt-like Appearances of Jupiter are supposed to adhere to, or be in the Surface of his Body, and not at a Distance from it, as the Ring of Saturn is from him 3 they are 4 or five in Number, and appear as represented oij Jupiter's Body in Fig. XXV. on Plate XV. fronting p. 187.. A. And, pray, what are those Belts supposed to be? B. Some have imagined they are long Canals of some fluid Matter, or Water, and, because they have also observed several dark Spots on the Disk of Jupiter, they conclude his Surface % The celebrated Galilcov/as the first who discover'd any thing extraordinary in the Phafis of Saturn, An. Dom. 1610 O3ober. Bat Mr. Hugens first discover'd it to be a Ring incompaffing his Body at a Distance, and published it to the World, An. 1659, in his Book call'd the Saturnian System. See more concerning this Phanomenon in Dr. Gregory's, Dr. Kei/l's, aud other Books of Astronomy j as also Mt. Dtrbam's Astra.Tbeohgy. Is divided into Land and Water, as that of out Globe is, and is therefore inhabited; as they also suppose all other...