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 Heavens above; I should see every Star there thro' its corresponding Hole in the Globe.

are perfectly right, Madam, said I, and Ptolomy himself, could not have expressed it better. And just in that Central Point (and just such a Point as that is it) do Astronomers of his Sect suppose the Earth to be placed, as you see in the Figure, in the middle of the Sphere of the fixed Stars, which seem to revolve round about it, once in 24 Hours, because the Earth doth turn round her own Axis, tho' a contrary Way, in the same Time.

this, replied Clarella, I have gotten a tollerable Notion from what you said before, and from the French Author: But, pray, let us now go on with our Globes here; What is the Meaning of this broad Wooden Circle placed round each of them, and what is it called?

, said I, it is called The Horizon; which is a Greek Word that signifies a Limiter or Determiner. And to conceive it right, imagine your self placed, as before, on this poor little Earth, within that immense Celestial