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On the motions of the heavens and the earth . 24 g 



The diurnal motion of these globes . ib. 



The annual motions of the heavenly bodies . 250 

 Tilt- perpetuity, constancy, and regularity, of those 



motions . . ib. 



Of the figures of the heavenly bodies . 251 



Of the peculiar advantages we receive from the sun 253 



Of the need of the absence of the sun in the night ib. 



Farther improvements, in the words of Mr. Hervey 255 



*2. Doubts concerning modern astronomy . 259 

 Mr. Kennedy's observations on astronomical chro- 

 nology . . .265 

 Scriptural account of the position of the sun and 



moon at the creation . . ib. 



Mr. Ferguson's observations of the fixed stars 268 

 Mr. Boyle's remark upon the whole cf natural 



philosophy . . ib. 

 Short observations on the whole present system of 



philosophy . . , 373 



