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Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds

Name: Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds
Author: Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle

Read by michelekilpatrick, Lucretia B. and Availle · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Preface (9:19)
To Monsieur R. (2:21)
That the Earth is a Planet which Turns on Itself and Round the Sun Part 1 (15:49)
That the Earth is a Planet which Turns on Itself and Round the Sun Part 2 (18:53)
That the Moon is an Inhabited World Part 1 (14:42)
That the Moon is an Inhabited World Part 2 (20:59)
Some Particulars Concerning the World in the Moon, and Proofs of the other Planets being likewise Inhabited Part 1 (17:27)
Some Particulars Concerning the World in the Moon, and Proofs of the other Planets being likewise Inhabited Part 2 (13:05)
Some Particulars concerning the Worlds of Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn Part 1 (28:57)
Some Particulars concerning the Worlds of Venus, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn Part 2 (14:14)
That the fix'd Stars are so many Suns, every one of which gives Light to a World Part 1 (18:21)
That the fix'd Stars are so many Suns, every one of which gives Light to a World Part 2 (14:39)
Some New Observations that confirm what has been laid down in the preceeding Discourses and several late Discoveries which have been made in the Heavens Part 1 (15:52)
Some New Observations that confirm what has been laid down in the preceeding Discourses and several late Discoveries which have been made in the Heavens Part 2 (18:27)