An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language by John Wilkins ...

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Title
An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language by John Wilkins ...
Author
Wilkins, John, 1614-1672.
Publication
London :: Printed for Sa. Gellibrand, and for John Martyn ...,
1668.
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Subject terms
Language and languages -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy -- Miscellanea -- Early works to 1800.
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Language and languages -- Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
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"An essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language by John Wilkins ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A66045.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.

Pages

WORLD

I
Spirit
Body
1 Angel
 
2 Good-angel
Devil
3 Soul
 
4 Vegetative
 
5 Sensitive
 
6 Rational
 
II
Heaen
Hell
1 Starr
 
2 Fixed-starr
Sun
3 Planet
Comet
4 Saturn
Jupiter
5 Mars
Venus
6 Mercury
 
7 Globe of earth
 
8 Moon
Satelles
III
Earth
Country
1 Plain
Mount. Valley
2 Continent
Island
3 Rock
Cliff
4 Promontory
Pen-isle
5 sthmus
Bank
6 Shore
Washes
7 Quicksands
Oaz
IV
Water
Sea
1 Aequor
Wave, whirlpool
2 Ocean
Lake
3 Well
Spring
4 Bay
Pene-lake
5 Fretum
Channel
6 Shore
Tide
7 Stream
Staguum
V
Animate parts
 
1 Mineral
 
2 Plant
 
3 Herb
Grasse
4 Animal
 
5 Man
 
VI
Imag. Circle.
Ore
1 Horizon
 
2 Equator
 
3 Ecliptic
Zodiac
4 Meridian
Azimuth
5 Artic
Antartic
6 Tropick of ♋
Tropic of ♑
7 Parallel
Almacantor
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