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^ tars > according to the Hyp otbe ^ s * V g^thagoras among the Ancients,, an ^

b Y Copernicus: "Which Syst em IS ^ Z „r nn-e< ^> and established on the 3 U e . . „viz. Physical and G ecmttrica'¥«, by aU out modem Astronomers

lCXXX1 >- T„n

>^ed

J ni%

t/A" the

arc to under-

(CXXX1) I. By the Universe asltis mitsowna ud the whole Extent of Space, w ’ r dea 0 f the lit-

^ature every way infinite, g' vcs u tV , eTe f 0 re be only \ nhmty of the Universe, which can „ t ^ t ^ e Uni-

art comprehended by us : And a tbat which

Yer [ e which we can have. any ^ oUO tb ~ s the Eye pre-V th * Subject, of our Senses-, »nd ot p rospe ct, and, C T ts us with an Idea of a vast *xt disseminated

^ Ap pearanceofvar i 0US Sorts of hom „

strough the fame. ' . which the Greeks

The infinite Abyss of SP® ’ j and we the

^ *£,, tL Latins ^ g’a n Infinity ofv. does undoubtedly ^tehen ^ X

r> U1S of moving Bodies round one J t he Sun.Jje, which the Romans called So , < per fy calledAhis Collection of Bodies is therefo L

t Solar System, and fomotn- tbe fiforld.bYST !M, from the Latin Word Mu»£ ’ Solar Systems

otW T ^f thel3niVerseCOntainS rail f'i* d Starh fce "'lWorlds as there are what we c «un removed

tafonabie to infer from hence, that 1 ^ a Star

? the distance of a Star would appea J ssisap-

Q ts, and all the Bodies moving a ° difapP ear ' s

^ entirely. Now the Reason why tire/ ^ ^ seen^ufethey are opakc Bodi-S, and too - ^^ree ofA so gt ea t a Distance, without an in e c£m be? as,'glit- whereas theirs is the wsahe be £ye.

e ' n g first borrowed and then rcsseote r e Bulb and

- A But the Sun, by reason of ^' s * ini will ho

lsir iate Light, which is the strongest post visible