| William Derham - 1721 - 354 sider
...Syfteme of it, the ufual Queftion is, what is the ufe of fo many Planets as we fee about the Sun, and fb many as are imagined to be about the Fixt Stars ?...Planets, from their being opake Bodies as our Earth is, confifting in all probability of Land and Waters, Hills and Valleys, having Atmofpheres about them,... | |
| Jean Palairet - 1757 - 256 sider
...the fun, and fo many as are imagined to be about the fixed Jtars ? *' A. They are worlds, or place^of habitation, which is concluded from their being habitable and well provided for habitation. For they are opake bodies as our earth is, confining in all probability of land and waters, hills and... | |
| William Derham - 1786 - 490 sider
...of fo many planets as we fee about the fun, and fo many as are imagined to be about the fixt ftars. To which the anfwer is, that they are worlds, or places...from their being habitable, and well provided for hafyitatipn. This is pretty manifeft in our folar planet?, planets, from their being opake bodies as... | |
| rev. Christopher Brown - 1812 - 508 sider
...of fo many planets we fee about the fun, and fo many as are imagined to be about the fixed ftars ? To which the anfwer is, that they are worlds, or places...habitation, which is concluded from their being habitable, as appear in our folar planets, from their being opaque bodies, as our earth is, confifting, in all... | |
| David Brewster - 1876 - 354 sider
...edit., 1717, pp. xlvii, liii, liv, has stated bis reasons for believing that the fixed stars and planets "are worlds, or places of habitation, which is concluded from their being luiUiaUe, and well provided for habitation," Dr. Paley also, though he does not discuss the subject,... | |
| James A. Herrick - 1997 - 264 sider
...we see about the Sun, and so many as are imagined to be about the Fix'd Stars? To which the answer is, that they are Worlds, or places of Habitation,...being habitable, and well provided for habitation. (p. xlix) Of course, Derham cannot have known that the planets he "observed" beyond our solar system... | |
| James A. Herrick - 2004 - 340 sider
...we see about the Sun, and so many as are imagined to be about the Fix'd Stars? To which the answer is, that they are Worlds, or places of Habitation,...being habitable, and well provided for habitation." Some astronomers, according to Derham, had actually seen human-like beings moving about on these planets.... | |
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