Cosmothereos, p. 160. exist between the planets and beings who inhabit them. 'We see six planets around the Sun, the Earth is the third ; they all move in elliptical orbits ; they have all a rotatory motion, like the Earth, as well as spots, irregularities,... Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds - Page viiby M. de Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier) - 1803 - 150 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Baker - 1808 - 102 pages
...like the earth,—. they have their spots, their irregularities, their mountains, like the earth ;— in short there is every possible resemblance between the planets and the earth :— What then shall hinder them from being inhabited ? The different orders and species of living... | |
| William Miller - Life on other planets - 1883 - 376 pages
...the Earth and the men who inhabit it, a similar connection must 1 1 Huygens' Cosmothereos, p. 160. exist between the planets and beings who inhabit them....Earth ? From what is such a privilege derived but the grovelling minds of persons who can never rise above the objects of their immediate sensations. Lambert... | |
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