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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 103

Machine transcription. Not an edition. Errors are expected: about 8% character error rate on Latin and French lines, higher on German. Mean line confidence on this page: 0.89.

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  4. 7239838585.
  5. 1233338710
  6. the Sun
  7. 50
  8. TOhOUrS
  9. i hours
  10. 3 hOITS.
  11. and yet
  12. Nature:
  13. infinite
  14. lain and
  15. ionsand
  16. xEHects
  17. ect and
  18. de terrest
  19. thae
  20. DE si
  21. thac can porsibly brins about her Fncs.
  22. L. et us buc consule the BOoks oF che oict
  23. Astronomers, and re will thentrave Cuctici-
  24. ent Ciround to admire the Frugal Simplicier
  25. ot Nlature, in this neat, compaci system;
  26. we Ball scc there Whac Corry, perplexe
  27. Wont ches made, wich their Cycles, and
  28. Epicucles, their carryine, and aegnatine,
  29. their Concentrick and Excentrick Circles,
  30. the Stations and Retrogadations, cheir Polid
  31. Orbs, and che perpetual Change ot the
  32. Axe oF iMtorion, in the celestial Ap.
  33. Dearances: Tuch a Pranse ungeometrical
  34. and contradiecory system chey made ot
  35. the leavens; wrtiereas trom chele ferr
  36. Plain and Tumple Policions, aIl the (AP.
  37. pearances ot the Hleavens, are acconnted
  38. For, rich mondertul Consisteney and P’a-
  39. cility 20 vic
  40. SNIV. The sun beins a huge Body
  41. ot liquid Fire; bronche into fusion by che
  42. Foree oF his Fleac, and chereby Cendine
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  44. etrich is the Medium oF. Liohe, and thc
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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 103. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0261?run=74