| John Seely Hart - 1872 - 654 pages
...been on the verge of stumbling -upon the Telegraph ; Discovery of a New World, a discourse teiuliug to prove that it is probable there may be another...discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither ; Discourse concerning a New Planet, proving that it is probable that our Earth is one of the planets... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1872 - 650 pages
...of stumbling upon the Telegraph ; Discovery of a New World, a discourse tending to provi; Unit it in probable there may be another habitable world in the...moon, with a discourse concerning the possibility of а passive thither ; Discourse concerning a New Planet, proving that it is probable that our Earth... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1872 - 550 pages
...Nev> World: or a discourse tending to prove that it *9 probable that there may be another kabitab'6 World in the Moon; with a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thit/ier. Published in 1638. 2. An Essay towards a Real Character a«A «. PAilosopAical Language,... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1873 - 348 pages
...had been on the verge of stumbling upon the Telegraph ; Discovery of a New World, a discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither; Discourse concerning a New Planet, proving that it is probable that our earth is one of the planets.... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw - 1876 - 576 pages
...Wilkins are: — 1. Discovery of a New World: or a discourse tending to prove that it is probable that there may be another habitable World in the Moon ;...discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither. Published in 1 638. 2. An Essay towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, printed by order... | |
| Julius Paludan - 1878 - 358 pages
...beslægtet med vort Emne til at forbigaas. Det er: Discovery of a new world or a Discourse tending to prove, that it is probable, there may be another...discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither, 3d. ed., Lond. 1640 (første Udg. 1638), af den engelske Prælat og phantastisk aandrige Mathematiker... | |
| Julius Paludan - 1878 - 376 pages
...er: Discovery of a new world or a Discourse tending toprov e, that itis probable, there may beanother habitable world in the Moon, with a discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither, 3d. ed., Lond. 1640 (første Udg. 1638), af den engelske Prælat og phantastisk aandrige Mathematiker... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...mathematical works; and in early life (1638), published' The Di-rovery of a New World; or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither.' In this ingenious but fanciful treatise, lie supports the proposition, 'that it is possible for some "f... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 394 pages
...ingenious and fanciful young man, published his " Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another...concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither." This work has no serious interest, but it may be read for its whimsicality, and possibly there is a... | |
| Henry Hallam - 1880 - 422 pages
...Wilkins's Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may br another habitable World in the Moon, with a Discourse concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither. This is one of the births of that inquiring spirit, that disdain of ancient prejudice, which the seventeenth... | |
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