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# Title: Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 71; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 71)
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ihe Water comares etie Moon: And For etie lame
Reason, che Farch vould pur on an oblons Sphe-
toidical Figure, utiose produced Axis, vould also
Pals chro che sun-
Andihen in MhenextPropOstiOnHC prOVes, THac
etie Flux, and Restux of the Sea, is occasioned by the
Water coverins our Globe, its purtinz on ruo oblone
Spheroidicat Fisures, whose Axes produced, voula
passthro che Moon and Sun
And chis erue Cause oE the Tides, he Paich, Was
tirst discorered by the great Kepler, and atterwards
improved very much, by our Incomparable
ME. Taac Nemron; Wrho emed ehac the Sea must
needs rile Boch under che Moon, aud in the PaPE
Diamerrically opposire ro tHaL.
Andehis Spheroidical Figure oF the Water OFche
Sea; which like ervo Mounrains is AreCHEOUE, one
roards the Moon, and che orher to tte PAFF OpPO
sire roher, is concinually movins, Or Mittins:acCOr-
ding ro che daily Morion ot the Moon, Which il
Follos; (Or rather indeed, the F arth movine co.
wards che Past in its daily Morion, Mites ic selt
avar trom chele Mouncains oF Warer, Wtrich keer
a5 it vere immoreabie under and opposire eo che
Moon, 25 e more Nowly morestowards the Last
hence I Pay ie must necds be, chacrhe Wacex must
cvice rise and Fall in 25 Flours; in which rime rhe
Moon mores trom che Meridian ot any Place, 10
the same again.
And Because che Water oF the Farch will Livell
or be raised in those Places ro wtom che sun is in
the Zenith, or Nadir, (25 he proves, Prop. 64
altho much lels than wrhen che Nicon is (o posiced.
Thereiore in the Conjunction, and Opposition ol
chese Luminaries, the atorelaid Protuberances o.
che Wacer ill be conjoined; and consequeney
chen che highest Spring-Tides, and che lowest Fbb
Wvill be when bochchole Luminariesare inthe Hlori
on ot any elace; because che Narer is then ele.
vared, and no depresse d by che conjoint Force ot
boch.
Bul in che Onadratures et che Luminaries, ehie
sun elerates the WVacer Wuhere che Noon makes i
Fall, and makes ic Fall wrhere rhe Moon elevares ic)
(0 chat the Elevarion oF rhe WVarer, depending ont
on the differee e Mele Forces, will be che leat
of aII. and lo tor rhe Depression. Berween the Sy
ayeies, and che Ouadratures, the ERects oF ih
Luminaries on the Wacer, will bc ac a mean bc.
vechthe rvo Former.
When che Moon is in ie Equinoctial, the cvC
oppolice Proruberances, or Lminences ot che Wa
rer, wil De allo in che Larchs Equaror, and each ol
ihem deleltes cac Sceatet Cirele oF che Parch
by IIS Buat ACtaion, ie vill move svitrer
and wrhen ic is chroun roward che Shoars, will rile
hisher there; besides chac, Comethins must alfobC
allowed tor ee Lquarorial Diamerer otthe Parth,
beine ies longest, and consequentr che WVare
rhere beine Comething nearex ro che Luminary, vil
ParIS.
Neipe.
alayo ecutet vooe  Llatles ate in Peri-
Fumnat onc.
cher comala e oblblt.
ineo an Oblone Sphetou, acaure e ue Mdons
beins near ic) wrhole Axis R Fl, produced cowards
Ot L tn DC the freatet MM ot che Wacet
(reckonins tromthe L enere L) ana LM, OI L1
che lcas; Which larrer is equal ro che heighe ot rne
Vacer in any Poine ot the Circle NM : 8.
Wherever ic meers wich che Parallels, CD, F6, 25
suppose in X Or Y
AISo etie RiphE Lines TC, YF, TD, and
TC, (beins suppoled eo be dramn) will denore
the heiphr ot che Wacer in chie several Points
C, F, D and Cr: Then dramins ihic Circle lC
parallel EONMI, itie Suppoled Kiphe Lines, FO
TV, TS, TR, and YP, will be cheheiphes ot
ihe Wacer in che Points O, V, S, R and P, Where
che laid Cirele meers ich ihe Fquaror and its Pa.
xallels.
This Beins suppoled, Let us consider anx Place
on che Larrb, by is Diunal Kocation, to delcribe
the Parallel CD: Ic is then plain, thac wten che
Place is ac D; ID will chen be ehe grearelt heieI
Ot che Nacer, when che Moon 15 in cho Meriaran
wrhen che Place hachmored lo ; ald tet MI8I
est 28aip when ic is eome 1O C, 28 hach beeri Bc
fore Mewn.
beins nearer roche lonselt ot all L F) in che Pre
(ene Cale, wrhen che noon declines rowards the e
leraced Pole, the heiohr ot che Warer willbc erea-
tet wrhen che Moon is in che Meridian, abore the
Horizom, chas Wotes A CHE latrie Cottele betBW
5aeo, and least ivhen they are in Apocao; and since
unation.
This is the Case oF the Hoon in every
bur ot che Sun ouly in che Wincer, chis joined to etie
Former, occations chal ine srealett LIdes I InC Sy.
Flicherro che Properries oF the Tides Have Becn
considered only universally, asther asectthe whole
Globe ot the Farrh; it remains, chac chose Moula
be next spoten ot, which arise Trom ete disferent
Laciendes et disserent Places.
20 anicti putpose, let B P K A OTI represent
the Farrh, rhose Cenere is ac T
che olher B: P  the EguatOK, and C D, FO
cuvo Parallels ro ic, one cormard che Norch, theo.
27875, and che lealt H M HCAC Ouadratures, u
Precede che Vernal Equinox, and sollon che AU
ech Pole A
Let che Warex round che Farch contorm it sett
tI, Mall pals chrouph che Moon: Then MaII YFI
6
OF thac Place; buc che Wacer wiil be ae lovest,
beraised hisher, by cheir InAuence, chan in ortiet
And cheretore whenerer the Luminaries are et
etlet In Conjunction, or Oppolition, in the Equator.
cheir Corces ill be conjoined ro raile et lerale
ihe Sea at the fiquator; as happens at che 572]-
SySHexEche Equinoxes, Or in or neat Mar alu
sestember, wtien ve alitass are the grearest
Amnuat Lides; 25 the Lides de e Ouadratures
Burnoir because Z D is longer chan FC, (3
oE phose Moons, are almays che seatt, or most
Again, che Tides, (orhex L C dl
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