The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick.: By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks. Never before published.

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The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick.: By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks. Never before published.
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Richardson, Alexander, of Queen's College, Cambridge.
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London :: Printed by Gartrude Dawson, and are to be sold by Sam. Thomson at the White-Horse in Paul's Church-yard,
1657.
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Logic
Ramus, Petrus, -- 1515-1572
Talon, Omer, -- ca. 1510-1562
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"The logicians school-master: or, A comment upon Ramus logick.: By Mr. Alexander Richardson, sometime of Queenes Colledge in Cambridge. Whereunto are added, his prelections on Ramus his grammer; Taleus his rhetorick; also his notes on physicks, ethicks, astronomy, medicine, and opticks. Never before published." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A91783.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.

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Caput septimum.

Stellae ob immensam distantiam minutissimae qui∣dem apparent, suâ tomen mole terram multis partibus excedunt, suntque magnitudine sextuplices.

Primae magnitudinis sunt, quae caeteras omnes splendore vincunt, terrâque majores sunt centies

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septies cum undecim sexagessimis quartis; est enim diametri earum ad diametrum terrae proportio qua∣drupla super-parciens tres quartas, quae 19 ad quator. Cum ergo per 18 proprsitionem Element: 12 sphaerae sunt inter se in triplâ ratione suarum dimentientium, diametris cubicè multiplicatis majoreque cubo per minorem diviso colligitur differentia seu excessus. Harum sunt 15.

Secundae magnitudinis sunt &c. () est enim pro∣portio diametri earum ad diametrum terrae quadrupla super-parciens viginti quinque sexagessimis, quae est 205 ad 60. Harum numerus 45.

Tertiae magnitudinis sunt, quae terram septuagies bis cum triente ferè superant; proportio enim dia∣metrorum quadrupla est sesque sexta, quae est 25 ad 9. Sunt autem numero 205.

Quartae sunt terrâ majores quinquagies quater & semisse, vel paulo plus; proportio enim diametro∣rum est tripla super-parciens quatuor quintas, quae 19 ad 5. Et sunt 477.

Quintae, quae vincunt mole suâ terram tricies se∣mel: proportio est tripla superparciens tres tricessi∣mas octavas, quae 119 ad 38. Quarum numerus 217.

Septae, sunt minimae superantque terram paulo plus decies octies: proportio dupla super parciens quin∣que octavas quae 21 ad . Numerus harum stellarum est 49.—His addiderunt 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 obscuras 9, & nebulosas 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 7.

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