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70 sec ehis t0 B0 rixHE, Vort HIIC Aa Ou A WATEK, which che Chrmilts call Pblegm, id
ortiat Poine ot elle Compassthe Moon makes Full che ach oF che s Chimical Principles, and one ot
every Point Norch ot Souton, 45 ot an tloui.
Thus at London Bridse, tis rulgarty choughe to
be Fligh.warer, the Moon at North. Fast, and South
West, whieh are tour Poinrs trom che Nontt oI
South.
OF FhuS. By che Tide. Tables, learn hou ma
ny Flours trom che Moons Sourhins, iis Eieh
WaTeES
Oethus. Find ae Wohac Floux it is Flipl. are
aE the Full and Chanse oF che Moon; aS AE Lon
don-Bridee, che Tull Tide is reckoned eo be chrec
ITours trom che MoonS Souchins, Or ac 3 OF thC
Clockarthe Full and Chansc. TheDar oF Con.
Junction, or Nem-Moon, wich a licele Scud ro poine
being ser ro che Hour (0 Found, will atterivard
poincro che Hour of cheFull.Tide
This is the common may: Bur chis Rins beine
alrvars in Morion, Whereas the Tides are nOL,
better way perhaps max betound ouc; 25 suppol
by causng a WVhéel or Rins tobe mored forvare
only rrvice a Dar, and ro lcep Time (as near as ca
be) wich che Accurare MI. Flamsteeds most correct
Tables.
8. T0Calculate Numbers, 1 ssn  L  B) BC
Planets, the son Morion os the fixed Stars, the
Suns aposeum, the Revolurion of the Drazons
Fread and Tail, whereby the FClipses of the Sun
and Moon are found, the Revolution of the severat
Orbs, accordine ro the Prolemaick Sistem, or of th
Celestial Bodies themselves, accordins 10 better Sy.
Stems, ec.
Besides ihe Direction already siven, there needs
onty etius much in general, .1. c. knowins che
Tears ot any of thele Rerolutions, vou may break
thac Number into Ouorienes, if vou will makethe
Rerolution depend upon che Ycars Morion wrtich
is already in cheMorement, and describea ut IC
3d oF chis. Or it vou ould hare it dependut.
On the DyalWheel, or uxon the Bears ot a Pendu
ehe Pasire OnCS. Tis never deaun pure and un
mixt, Which makes ic a licrle more decertre chan
COMMIOn WVacCF.
This Principle, probably, contributes much to
the Crowh ot Bodies, in char ic boch renders and
Keeps che Actire Principles Fluid. S0 chac chey
are capate oE beins conrer d by Circulation inro
the Pores oF the Mixd; and allo, becaule it cem
pers cheir exorbicant Morion, and keeps them ro.
gerter, lo chac chey are nor (0 easily and soon dissi-
Pared.
In all suchBodies, Whose Actire Substances are
joined and uniced preuy closely cosether, a5 in
common Salt, Tarrar, ail Planes thac are noc odo-
riferous, and in mans Animal Bodies chis Princi
ple is che Erst chac comes in Distillarion. Buc When
Wacer is mixed wich rolatile Sales, or wich the
Spirir oF Wine, or is in any odoriterous Mixr
phenche volarile Parricles will eise and come aay
Arst.
IrAPEK Born, is wten a Shix even and just
wich che Cround, hrst bexins ro Adat or svim, be-
ins born ux by the WVater.
WVATER Line oF a Strip, is chac which distin-
guistreth chac Part ot her ivhich is under WVarer
trom char abore, when Me is duly Laden.
WVATER-ShOt, is a Tor oF Ridins ae Anchor
When a Shix is Moored neither cross the Tide non
righe up and donn, bue quartered berwixt boch
WATER Way, in a Stip, is a snall piece oE
Timber lyins Fore and atc on her Deck, clole b
her Sides, 10 prerent che Wacers runmins doun
chere.
WATERX BUMOUY OF the EyC. Sec Aqueors
FTumours.
WVATERY MeteorS. SeC Meteors.
NAVED, Or WVavy, a cerm in Fleraldry, whem
a Bordure or any Ordinary or Charse in a C oac oF
Arms hach irs Duc. lines oF chis Mape
lum, enoush is Paid betore io direct rou in chis Fasily risins and fallins like the Wares oF che
MaETCF.
In all chese NoW Morions, rou may Comenhat
Borren vour Labour by endlels Screwsto serve
for Pinions, which are bur as a Pinion ot on
Tooch.
An Inistance oF chis vou have in the ACCOnnE
Sir Zones Moore sires ot his larse Sphere-Soine
Clock- vork, in his Math. Compendium, P. T17
Where a Morion oF 17200 Pears is pertorm d by
six Wheels, beins For hesuns Aposeum. Iis W orde
are chele.
Sea.
WAVES os ihe Sea, OE any Water. NIT. IaaC
Nemcon hach demonstrated, L ib. 2. Prop. 45. Princip
Thattheir Velociry is almars in half the Ratio of their
Breaath; and their Breadch is estimared to be the
distance bereen che ruo Summits or top edges ot
any cvo Wares; or a righe Line dravn trom che
midele ot onc Hlollo, ro che midale of che
Orher.
Let there be a Pendulum, whose Lenech From
the Point oF Suspension ro che Center oF Oscilla
tion all be the Breadth oF any rrvo Wares; chen
while che Pendulum matres ic Oscillations, the
Wares will pals over a Distance equal e0 cheir
Breadch.
Fence he concludes, That chose Waves Whose
Tariude or Breadchis 3Es Parisian Feer, will palo
orer a Dictance equal cotheir Breadch in 2 Seconcd
ot Time.
And in the eime ot one Minure, chose Waves
Will rur 183= Fcet; and in che space ot an HOur,
12000 uch Fcer nearly.
WVAY oF a Ship, is sometimes che lame with che
Rake Or Run oF her Formard or attmard on: Bur ris
mostiy used as toher Sailins: For when Me BOes
apace, cher Cay. She bach a B0oa Way, oc p e
C
Sea, ac chePlace for otut nare our Wacchlerve
EO: Converr chat Poine into FTours, allowins for
cc For the Crear Wheel Aixed is 96, a Spindle
votcet oF 12 Bars turns round ic 8 times in 26
FTOuES; Thac is, in 3 Flours; alter thele, there
are Four Whecls, 20, 73, 24, 75, vroushe by
endlels Screws, that are in Value bur one:
Wheretore 3, 20, 73, 24, and 75, multiplica
cosether, continually produceth7884000FIouisi
votich divided by 24, sires 3285000 D275.
equal 10 900 Vears. Non on che las Whecl.
75 is a Pinion oF6, curnins a grear Wheel thac
carrieth che aposcum Numiber rT4; and TIA
divided by 6, sires r9the Ouorient; arid 90c
rimes 19, i6 17100 Y eaPS.