 | Erasmus Middleton - 1816 - 552 pages
...given him may be justified to advantage. His Works. I. " The Discovery of a New World; or, a Discourse tending to prove, That (it is probable) there may be another Habitable World in the Moon. Printed at London, in 4to. 1638, and had four editions, the last in 1684. II. A Discourse concerning... | |
 | Biography - 1817 - 552 pages
...only twenty-four years of age, of a piece, entitled* "The Discovery of a new World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove, that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither," in 8vo. The object of this singular... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...1638, when he was only twenty-four years of age, viz. " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse, to prove that it is probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither." In 1640, " A Discourse concerning... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 356 pages
...when he was only twenty -four years of age, viz. " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse, to prove that it is probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither." In 1640, " A Discourse concerning... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Inventors - 1829 - 550 pages
...text, one of the most remarkable men of his time. One of his most curious productions was a discourse tending to prove " that it is probable there may be another habitable world in the moon." This produced much merriment for the wits; among others, the celebrated Duchess of Newcastle objected... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 246 pages
...ingenious. His first was the famous piece entitled, ' The discovery of a new world ; or a discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable world in the moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither.' This was a juvenile production,... | |
 | William Whewell - Science - 1837 - 1048 pages
...twenty-four years old, he published a book entitled " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither." The latter part of his subject... | |
 | Fashion - 740 pages
...Tillotson, came forward with his whimsical treatise, " The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon : with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a Passage thither." The learned Bishop of Chester... | |
 | Henry Hallam - Europe - 1839 - 694 pages
...1638, it ought to have been mentioned before, is Wilkins's " Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon, with a Discourse concerning the Possibility of a Passage thither." This is one of the births of that... | |
 | Frederick Robert Augustus Glover - Clergy - 1840 - 346 pages
...Mast. Trin. Col. Camb. ; Bp. Chester. Born 1614 ; died 1672. Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World iu the Moon. 8vo. 1688. Part 1st. Anon. Lond. 8vo. 1640, 1684 Discourse concerning a New Planet ; tending... | |
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The Discovery of a New World ; or, a Discourse tending to prove that it is probable there may be another habitable World in the Moon ; with a Discourse concerning the possibility of a passage thither. 
