 | John William Draper - 1863 - 680 pages
...writers for a better way, and so had learned the heliocentric doctrine. " Then I too began to meditate on the motion of the earth, and, though it appeared an...order to explain the phenomena, I conceived that I might take the liberty of trying whether, on the supposition of the earth's motion, it was possible... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1874 - 592 pages
...ancient authors, accounts of Philolaus and others who had asserted the motion of the earth. " Then I began to meditate concerning the motion of the earth...liberty of trying whether, on the supposition of the earth,s motion, it was possible to find better explanations than the ancient ones of the revolution... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1897 - 312 pages
...friendly hand, commended the Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies to Pope Paul III. It urged that " as in previous times others had been allowed the privilege...circles they chose in order to explain the phenomena," Copernicus " had conceived that he might take the liberty of trying whether, on the supposition of... | |
 | 1904 - 596 pages
...revolved about a fire so placed at the center of the system as to be forever invisible to the earth. the phenomena, I conceived that I also might take...whether, on the supposition of the earth's motion, it were possible to find better explanations of the revolutions of the celestial orbs than those of ancient... | |
 | 1902 - 888 pages
...absurd opinion, yet since I knew 'hat, in previous times, others had been allowed the privilege 01 feigning what circles they chose, in order to explain...trying whether, on the supposition of the earth's m°tion, it was possible to find better explanations than the ancient ones, of the revolutions of the... | |
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I too began to meditate on the motion of the earth, and, though it appeared an absurd opinion, yet, since I knew that in previous times others had been allowed the privilege of feigning what circles they chose in order to explain the phenomena, I conceived... 