Excerpt from The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins, Late Lord Bishop of Chester: Containing, I. The Discovery of a New World, or a Discourse Tending to Prove, That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in the Moon, With a Discourse of the Possibility of a Passage Thither Prop. IX. That there are High Mountains, deep'vallie's, and Spacious Plains in the Body of the Moon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.