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# Title: Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 53)
# Folio 180, page id 797370323:0338
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Formd into SNOW, Or FTail, OE Rain, OI
carricd into ocher Regions, Whole Soil
does Wanc it more. Pvery Body Knons,
that il there ivere no Armosphere, buc a
pertect Void. around ihe Farih, the
Action oF che Sun, wond noc be able t0
raile the Vapours abore a ter Fect, From
ets Surtace; aud that its only the AImo-
spheres. beins specifically heaviee, than
thele l’apours, thac buoys em up in
ehe Air, by its greater Tendeney torrard
the Center. Now then, it therc vere
no Atmosphere, the Papours cond rite t0
no sufticiene heiehth, and (o con d never
bc coord Intticienely, (0 as to be Formid
intosnow, orrain; For at a Cmall dictance
From ehe Farths Surtace, ehe resected
Rays oFthe Sun, makce the Places PO Warim,
that no V’apour cond be turnd into Snou,
or Rain, there; For ies the Coldness ot
the uxper Regions, (Beins desticure ot
thele refected RayS) and che lenoch ot
Ot their Delcent, chac Forms chele Clonds
and l’apours into snoer, and Rain, When
ever che suxportins Armosphere becomes
liohter,
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