CHAP. 69. (69.)—THAT THE EARTH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE WORLD.
It is evident from undoubted arguments, that the earth is
in the middle of the universe [Note], but it is the most clearly
proved by the equality of the days and the nights at the equinox [Note]. It is demonstrated by the quadrant [Note], which affords
the most decisive confirmation of the fact, that unless the
earth was in the middle, the days and nights could not be
equal; for, at the time of the equinox, the rising and setting
of the sun are seen on the same line, and the rising of the
sun, at the summer solstice, is on the same line with its
setting at the winter solstice; but this could not happen if
the earth was not situated in the centre
