The Christian Philosopher: A Collection of the Best Discoveries in Nature, with Religious ImprovementsThe prominent Puritan clergyman Cotton Mather published The Christian Philosopher in 1721. This work was intended to demonstrate the harmony between science and religion. Mather surveyed all the known sciences from astronomy and physics to human anatomy. He presented evidence that both celestial and terrestrial phenomena imply an intelligent designer. |
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... most ingenious Dr. Halley has made Calcula- tions , upon which he ventures to foretell the Return of Comets ; but he obferves , that fome of them have their Nodes pretty near the annual Orb of the Earth . I will transcribe the Words he ...
... most ingenious Dr. Halley has made Calcula- tions , upon which he ventures to foretell the Return of Comets ; but he obferves , that fome of them have their Nodes pretty near the annual Orb of the Earth . I will transcribe the Words he ...
Page 78
... most probably that of an Oblate Spheroid . It fwells towards the Equatorial Parts , and flats towards the Polar ; according to Sir Ifaac Newton , the Diameter of the Globe is about thir ty - four Miles longer than the Axis . Dr. Gregory ...
... most probably that of an Oblate Spheroid . It fwells towards the Equatorial Parts , and flats towards the Polar ; according to Sir Ifaac Newton , the Diameter of the Globe is about thir ty - four Miles longer than the Axis . Dr. Gregory ...
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... most Wounds , if kept clean and from the Air , the Flesh will glue to- gether with a native Balm of its own ; and ... most curious Ramifications thro the whole Body , is , as Mr. Derham obferves , a most admirable thing , and fuch as ...
... most Wounds , if kept clean and from the Air , the Flesh will glue to- gether with a native Balm of its own ; and ... most curious Ramifications thro the whole Body , is , as Mr. Derham obferves , a most admirable thing , and fuch as ...
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