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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... thousand times more fwift than Sound . Amazing Velocity ! To chequer the Surprize at fo fwift a Motion , I may propound one that fhall be as very furprizingly flow . Dee affirms , that he and Cardan together faw an Inftrument , in which ...
... thousand times more fwift than Sound . Amazing Velocity ! To chequer the Surprize at fo fwift a Motion , I may propound one that fhall be as very furprizingly flow . Dee affirms , that he and Cardan together faw an Inftrument , in which ...
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... thousand times as intenfe as it is in England at Midfummer ; whereas the Heat of boiling Water , as he tried , is but little more than the dry Earth of that Ifland , expofed unto the Midfummer- Sun and the Heat of red - hot Iron he ...
... thousand times as intenfe as it is in England at Midfummer ; whereas the Heat of boiling Water , as he tried , is but little more than the dry Earth of that Ifland , expofed unto the Midfummer- Sun and the Heat of red - hot Iron he ...
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... thousand times as big as the Earth , its Gravitation , and the attracting Force of it , is ten thousand times as much as that of the Earth , acting on Bodies at the fame Distances . If our Globe were alone , or not affected by the ...
... thousand times as big as the Earth , its Gravitation , and the attracting Force of it , is ten thousand times as much as that of the Earth , acting on Bodies at the fame Distances . If our Globe were alone , or not affected by the ...
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