Excerpt from The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experimented Physiology, or Natural Philosophy; In Four Parts I [hall now fay Somewhat relating to the Order or Method, and Defign of this Undertaking. And, A 4, F irfl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755 edition. Excerpt: ... be 210265, and the Breadth of the Ring to be 29200 Miles; its Thickness is unknown, as being too little for Observation j it hath a Variety of Aspects, sometimes appearing a large Ellipsis, then a smaller j sometimes only as a strait Line, and sometimes not visible at all: These are the most remarkable Particulars of this Prodigy of Nature known by us; as to the Matter of which it doth consist, that is not known by any: I have given you a Representation thereof in Fig. XXV. on Plate XV. fronting p. 187 %. A. This is astonishing, and full of Wonder and Amazement indeed! But did not you say somewhat of a like Nature pertained also to Jupiter; pray what are those Belts of his you mentioned but now? B. Those Belt-like Appearances of Jupiter are supposed to adhere to, or be in the Surface of his Body, and not at a Distance from it, as the Ring of Saturn is from him 3 they are 4 or five in Number, and appear as represented oij Jupiter's Body in Fig. XXV. on Plate XV. fronting p. 187.. A. And, pray, what are those Belts supposed to be? B. Some have imagined they are long Canals of some fluid Matter, or Water, and, because they have also observed several dark Spots on the Disk of Jupiter, they conclude his Surface % The celebrated Galilcov/as the first who discover'd any thing extraordinary in the Phafis of Saturn, An. Dom. 1610 O3ober. Bat Mr. Hugens first discover'd it to be a Ring incompaffing his Body at a Distance, and published it to the World, An. 1659, in his Book call'd the Saturnian System. See more concerning this Phanomenon in Dr. Gregory's, Dr. Kei/l's, aud other Books of Astronomy j as also Mt. Dtrbam's Astra.Tbeohgy. Is divided into Land and Water, as that of out Globe is, and is therefore inhabited; as they also suppose all other...