This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1728 Excerpt: ...sailing within Sight of the Shore, and not being able to peiceive the Motion of the Vessel that carries them, are apt to sancy the neighbouring Cliffs, Towns and Trees were under Sail, and steering a contrary Course, since they so appear to do. For not less silently do I believe the Earth moves constantly round on her Axis, thus making the natural 'Day and Night, without putting the whole Frame frame of the Universe into an unconceivable Hurry. The Planet jupiter is discover'd by the Telescope to make the same Circulation in 10 Hours, Mars in 2.3, and the Sun himself in 28 Days. These are no Chimaera's or Dreams of Poets, no metaphysical Speculations of Nutshell Brains, but real Truths, demonstrable by Art and ocular Experience. And methinks it is a more tlniform Idea, if we suppose the Earth to be a Planet like the rest, and to take its Turn in the septenary Dance round the Sun, who is plac'd in the Centre of this Vortex, and is the true Apollo, to whose Mufick the whole planetary System keeps Time. I fear not the Lash of Maurolycus, nor the Scourge of his bigotted Brethren. If Copernicus was by them thought Scuticd CJ flagelb dignus, for innovating on the Doctrines of Ptolomy: What was Ptolomy himself worthy of, who entrench'd on a greater Antiquity, and undermin'd the Philosophy of Ariftarchus Samitts, who taught the Motion of the Earth above sour hundred Years before Ptolomy was an Infant? For my part I think it no Treason against the Common-wealth of Learning to fay, . prefer Galileos Tube to Ptolomys Sfetiacks, and the Discoveries of our English. Royal Society, to the blind Conjectures ofthe Peripateticks, and the wild Speculations of Athens. When i, $6 The Religion of a Bookseller. When I was first inform'd that there were discover'd sour new Sta..