...the Satellites, or Moons, revolving round their rrfpe£Vive Primaries» Which Properties demonstrate, that the Earth moves round the Sun, (and not the Sun round the Earth) to agree with Appearances. Therefore if the Sun moved round the Earth, according to this Law, then...

...principles thus eftablifhed, it is evident .that the earth The earth'* moves round the fun, and not the fun round the earth: for the centrifugal law will never allow a great body to move round a fmall one in any orbit whatever; efpecially when we find that if a fmall body moves round a great one,...

...experiment, to the best of my knowledge, is entirely new. From the principles thus established, it is The evident that the earth moves round the sun, and not the sun round the earth ; for the centrifu gal law will never allow a great body to move strated' round a small one in any orbit whatever;...

...established, it is evimotion de- dent that the earth moves round the sun, and not mons ra e . ^e sun roun(J the earth ; for the centrifugal law will never allow...one, the great one must also move round the common centre of gravity between them two ; and it is well known that the quantity of matter in the sun is...

...decision upon a subject so unimportant as the structure of the universe ; but supposing the doctrine, that the earth moves round the sun, and not the sun round the earth, to be false in philosophy, what right had the church of Rome to imprison, and commit men to the flames...

...decision upon a subject so unimportant as the structure of the universe ; but supposing 'be doctrine, that the earth moves round the sun, and not the sun round ¡he eanh, to be false in philosophy, what right had the church of Rome to imprison, and commit men...

...frame be not made very strong, the ball, D, will break through it. The earth's motion demonstrated. — From the principles thus established, it is evident,...allow a great body to move round a small one in any orb whatever ; especially when we find, that if a small body moves round a great one, the great one...

...frame be not made very strong, the ball, D, will break through it. The earth's motion demonstrated. — From the principles thus established, it is evident,...allow a great body to move round a small one in any orb whatever ; especially when we find, that if a small body moves round a great one, the great one...

...trust what his father tells him, even though he cannot understand it himself; or, as we all believe, that the earth moves round the sun, and not the sun round the earth, though we cannot prove it; but only believe it, because wiser men than we have proved it. So we must...

...wisest man can possibly answer. At the time when Galileo first discovered and established the truth that the earth moves round the sun, and not the sun round the earth as had previously been the universal belief, that truth encountered many difficulties of the most formidable...