 ... senses. Thus, the earth on which he stands, and which has served for ages as the unshaken foundation of the firmest structures, either of art or nature, is divested by the astronomer of its attribute of fixity, and conceived by him as turning swiftly...  Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy - Page 365by William Benjamin Carpenter - 1843 - 7 pagesFull view - About this book
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...of superficial and vulgar observation ; and with what appears to every one> until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive evidence of his senses." This would be found true if we were only to take into consideration the earth itself; but how many... | |
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...of superficial and vulgar observation, and with what appears to every one, until he has understood and weighed the proofs to the contrary, the most positive...swiftly on its centre, and at the same time moving onward through space with great rapidity. &c." (Sir John Herschel, Astronomy. Introduction, sect. 2.)... | |
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