The discovery of a world in the moone . For let B D E F be the body ofthe moone, A B C will be a rayor beamc of the Sunoe, whichenlightens a mountainc at A and Bis 5 is the poincof concir7gency,chcdiftance betwixt A and B muft bee(uppofcd to be the twentieth pareof the diameter which is an looraiks/or fo far are (bme cr I ghce-I cd parrs fevered from the com-mon ferme of aggregate ot the quadratefrom A 5 a hundred, and BG a1000 will bee loioooo, untowhich the quadrate arifing fromAG muftbeequall according tothe 47^^ propoficion in the firftbooke of elements. Therefore thewh
The discovery of a world in the moone . For let B D E F be the body ofthe moone, A B C will be a rayor beamc of the Sunoe, whichenlightens a mountainc at A and Bis 5 is the poincof concir7gency,chcdiftance betwixt A and B muft bee(uppofcd to be the twentieth pareof the diameter which is an looraiks/or fo far are (bme cr I ghce-I cd parrs fevered from the com-mon ferme of aggregate ot the quadratefrom A 5 a hundred, and BG a1000 will bee loioooo, untowhich the quadrate arifing fromAG muftbeequall according tothe 47^^ propoficion in the firftbooke of elements. Therefore thewhole line A G 19 (bmewhatmore than 104, and the di-ftance betwixt H A muft be above4 miltf Sjwhich was the thing to beproved. But it may beagaine objefted,if there be fuch rugged pares, andfo high mouncaines, why thencannot wee difcerne them at thisdiftance, why doth the m jone ap-pearc unco us fo cxaflly round,and not rather as a wheele with teeth> K 4 I.
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