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Thus, in Odet Io explain che Change oF ehe Va- ( biration oF (0 many various Species oF Animals, in
riations, we have advencured io make the LarEH
tiollon, and co place anocher Clobe wwichin ic; nOr
buc chac chere may be sererat Objections againt
E; 25,
Thac chere is no instance in PTature OF ehe lit
etiir
Thac, it chere was such a midale Globe, is
ould noc kcep irs place inche Cenrer, bur beape
20 deriare cheretrom, and mighe possibly choct
asainst the concare Shell, to the Ruine, or at leas
Endamasins chereot.
That the Water ot che Sea vould perperualt
Igak chroush, unsels we suppose che Cariiy 10 bc
FuII OF WVareF.
That vere it posible, ver it does nor appear O
Wrhat DCc such an inivard Sphere can be oF, bcins
Muc up in eternal Darknels, and cherefore untir
For the Production oE Animals, or Plants; Wich
mans more Objections, accordins to che Pare ot al
Cuchnem ProPOsiTIONS.
Fochele ic may De briesy ansver d, Thac che
cach ot wrtich, chere Wanes noc mans Instances
ehac manifest che boundleso Porver and Goodnesso
their Dirine Author; and can we rhen chinke ic 3
hard Supposition, thac thie Incernal ParIS OF chis
Bubble oF Farth sould be replere wich such Saline
and Vitriolick Particles, a5 may contribure t0 Pe
crefaction, and dispose che crantudine WVacer, t
Thoor and congulare into Scone, so as conrinualy
toForrisie, and; il necd ivere, to consolidace ane
Breach or Flan in che concare Surtace ot che
StCHI.
And perhaps chis may not without reason be sux.
posed to be the final Caule oF the admixture ot
The Magnerical Matrer in che MTaIS OF che Terre
Rrial Parrs oF our Clobe, viz. Fo make good and
maintain the concare Arch oF chis Stell: FOE, B
Whac the Fxcellene NIr. Nemton has Cevn in hie
Principia Philosophiae, ic will follo, That accord.
ins 1o etie general Principle ot Crariey, visible
chroughout the Whole Dniverse, all thole Parricles
thac by lenech ot Timie, or octervise, MaII moul
der avaz, or become loose on He concare Surtace
ot the external Sphere, vould fall in, and wictr
ereat force descend on the Incernal, untels chole
Carricles evere of another POrE OT MatteF, Capable
by cheir Atronger rendener ro cacti ocher, to suspenc
Rins environins ot the Clobe of Saturn, is a nota-  the Force of Craviey; bur no ortier substance is
ble Instance oE this kind, as havins che lame com- Hnoun capable ot supportins cach ocher by cheir
mon Cenrre, and morins alons wich che Planet, mutual Accraction, but che Magnerical; and chese
evichour sensibly approachins him on one side more
than on rhe orher. And it chis Rins evere turned
on one ot irs Diameters, ic ould then describe
such a concare Sphere as this excernal one is lup.
Posed ro be. Aud since che Rins in any Poscion
siren, ould in the same manner kcep che Center
eF Sarurm in ies own, ic follois, Thar Tuch a Con-
care Sphere may More ich anocher included in iT.
havins the lame common Center: NTor can ic. Wvell
be supposed ochervile, considerine the nature oF
Crariey; For Mould chese Globes be adjusted once
co the Pame common Center, the Gravier ot the
parts of the Concare, vrould prels equally romards
che Center of che inner Ball; Which L qualies must
neceslariiy continuerill lome exrernal Force dicturb
ic, whicti is noc ease roimagine in chis Calc. And
verhaps, this mistir be more incellisibly expressd.
by saVins, Thar the inner Olobe beino posited in
we sec miraculousty eo pertorin thac OMcC, Cvem
where che porver ot Grariey has its Fuil Fffect
much more Wichin the Clobc, erhere ic is weaker
Wrhy chen may wenoc suppole chese laid Arches
eo be lined chroughour wich a magnetical Matter
Ox rather, to bc one frear Concare Magnet, wrtole
ero Poles are che Poles we hare betore obserrd 10
be Axed in chesurtace ot our Clobe.
Anocher Arpument Pavouring this Fypothesis, id
dravon From a PropOsitiOn OF thC (aE MIT. Nemton
where he derermities the Force wherewichthe Moon
mores the sea in producins che Tides; his Worde
are, Densitas Lunae est ad densitatem Terrae ut 680
ad 387. Seu 9 ad 5 quam proxime. Est isitur
corpus Lunae densius ac masis terrestre quam Terra-
nostra, P. 466.
Non il che Moon De more Solid chan che Farch.
25 9 rO 5, Why may ve nor reasonably suppose
che Center ofchie Fxrerior, must necellarily alcend the Moon, beins a Imall Body, and a Secondary
Wrhich waz (oerer ic mores; thac is, ic must over- Planer, eo be solid Farth, WVacer and Stone, and
come the FOrce oF Grariry pressing torards the ehis Globe ro consist or che Pame Macerials, ont
common Center, by an Tmpulse ic must receire.+ chereof to be carier, wichin and between che
from lome ontward AgenE. Buc all outmard FF- incernal Spheres; wrhich mighe be rendred nor im-
fores beins sufticientir fenced asainst, by che Shell
chac Currounds ic, ic Follons, Thac chis Nucleus bc-
probable.
And one oF the DSeS OF the Cariry oF the Farch
ins once six d in the common C’enrre, must alvars (seems to be, To diminis the Specitick Graviez
chere remain.
As 10 the lealins of che Wacer chrouoh chis
Chell, When once a passage Mail be Found for ic t0
run chrough, is contess d ro be an Objection sceri-
inslr of weighe; but by considerine hou tistely
Preat Beds oF Chalk Or Clar, and much more stone
donold WVacer, and even Cares arched wich Sand,
no Han can doubr bur the Wildom os ihe Crcator
has provided For the Macrocolm, by many more
ways than can be cither imagind or expressd,
especially since ve sec the admirable and innunte
the Mocions et ine Lanets, In a lons me, Decomes
sensible; and consequener, che greater Bodies
must receire a lels Opposition than che lmaller.
unless che Specikick Grarier ot the (maller do pro-
porrionably exceed chat ot the sreater, in which
Cale only ther can more rogether; (o rHac itic Ca-
viry assigned in che Farch, max serre welleo adjus
ies Weishe ro char oF che Moon: For ochervise, che
Larth vould learethe Moon behind ic, and Me be-
posirion of the PArES OughE nox We to expect in the (rasions Dilorder ofthe Blood, contracted fromthe
Cabrick ot ehis Globe, made to beche lastins LLa Air, or ochermise; accompanied rirh a concinuec
randrine
ThCTCOL, in relpeCE ot tHC Moon; LOt I Ia de 
monstrateus Liar the oppolicion oF che Ether 
rable Constrances whererich cach vorchlels lndi-
rauas is Furnis d, BOch ES DCteHa ICSCM, AIIL1O-
come another Primary Planet.
VARTCOSOM corpuS, IS CAC COMCLEHLC et
Spermarick Vessels, wrhichenters the Pesticles.
VARIOLLE, che Small POX, consits in a COn
pagate ies Species. WVhac Curiosity in the Scr
ecure; wrhat Accuracy in the Mixture and Com