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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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ture neaxtr Specutal, ac alo10 Paccus thac some j Laricudes torhe Souchrards chereot; For near che
lootins onevas, and some anocher, do restect che Linc, che Air is much more raritied, chan ac
Rays oE Lishetallins uponchem, noc romards onc
oreacer Dictance trom ir; becaule che sun is errice
in a Zear Verrical chere, and ac no time distanE a
Ore 23 Degrees i, ac. wrhich Distance the IIcar
Oeins a5che sine of the Angle of Incidence, is bur
lrle Morr oF thac of che Perpendicular R2Y
rhereas under che Tropicks, cho che Sun Aay
IOODINOS, in a Ship, are thole Plantes lons Verrical, vet he is as Ions 47 Degrees oA
eotich atc solned and Fastned alons cue Ship Side) wohich is a kind oF Winter, Wvherein the Air sC
cools, 25 char che summer FPear cannoc varm id
to chie Came Degree with chac under the Equator
WVheretore the. Aic co che Norchward and Souct.
ward beins lessraritied chan char in che midale; is
Follos, charfcom boch Sides ic oughero rend EO
wards che Equator. This Morion compounded
wich che former Lasterty Wind, ansivers aIl che
Phaenomena ot che General Prade Winds; wtrict
it che irhole Surtace of che Globe ivere Sea, voule
undoubredr b’ow all round che Wortd, a5 chez
are found ro do in che attanticl and sEthiopick
Occans.
Bur secins that (0 oreat Continents do interpole
and break the Continuier of ThC OCCANS, ReTaTO
must be had eo the Nacure oF rhe Soil, and che
Posirion ot the ITigh Mouncains, which arethie
uvo principal Caules oF the several Variarions ot
the Wind From theformer general Rule; For it
Conneer lins near thesun, pon WDe Llal, San
dr, and L. ou Land, such asthe Delerrs ot Lybit
are ulually reporred robe, the FPear occasioned b.
the Refection ot the Suns Beams, and the Recen
tion chereot in the Sand, is incredible co chosecha
have noc Feltic; Wherebrche AIEBCHIS CACCCI
Is raritied, IE IS necellarY ThaL THIS COOL AHE MOI
dense Air Mould run chichermards ro reltore 
squilibrium: This is suppoled ro be the Cause
Whynear che Coalt ot Guinea che Windalvays set
in uponche Land, blowins Westerlr instead of F a
Herlr, chere beine Cusficient Realonto beliere, chay
che Intand Pares ot africa, are prodisious hor
ince the Northern Borders chereot rvere (o intem
Derare, as to sire the Ancienes cause ro conclude
Thac all berond che Propicts as made uninhabita.
ble by excels oF Fear
anothet, bur outwards, rowards che Spectarors Cye
LuC. the accoun of Wrhirenels, according ro ihe
Nenrontan LLypochesis OF. LIHL aria C
oto 15
Thactis che ResuIE OF the Mixture oF alL POrES O)
ad Lizbt
Rars oF Liehtrosethier. Sec Colours
InEO THE STCEN
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WVIND, ac Sea, cher call brHIBMIS a Strips
Fleac about, Windins of ber; and wllen he come
coride at an Letter, II 15 Cdid ro Wina ap: AIIC
voten ile is under Sail, chey use coeHaITC, LIon
se rinuo, ac. oonich war Me lies WosckLsCaC
50, mathe Boat, is roturm her LACalt aBOUI.
Conrirents.
WIND is desind eo be the Scream, Or Curren
OFthe AIE, and where such Current is perperually
and AXL I IIS Courte, tis necellarr ac Il Proceed
From a Peasem mintermitrins C’ausc. NHerc
Pore lome hare been inclined to propole che Diur
nal Rocace ot che Carthuxon its Axis, OY Wtich
25 the CilobCcaens l’astvards, che loole and Auic
Parricles ot cu alr, beins lo exceedins st ds
cher be, are letr behind, (o thac in respect of the
Farchs surtace, cner more Mellrdras, and be.
come a conttant Pacterly Wind. Chis Opinion
Seems Conurmed, For Tharrhese WMas aretou
don-
ly near che Lguinocnal, in chole l’arallels oF Lati-
tude, wvhere che Diurnal Mocion is Cvisrest; but
ehe ContanE CAHS IN eC ManicK Sea, near thC
Guinen, ael the Periodical Westerty Monsions 
der ihC Lquator in ene Indian deas, lecl ll
clare che insusticieney oF chac HIy pochelis.
Betides, the Rir beins KepEFO EHC LatM by chC
Equator; the Westerly Winds near the Coast ob
Principle ot Gravity, vould in Time, acquire chic
Tame Deoreeot relocur, chac che as dulace
mores ith, 25 Well in respect of che Diurnal RO-
ration, a5 oF che Annual about the Sun, which is
about 30 times svitter.
le remains cheretore re substiture toule beet
Cause, capable of producins a like consta cHec
nocliable to che lame Objections, but delecable rc
chekno Croverties oE che FleeS O AI alid
From e lame lause it happens, thac Cete alC
the Rains, for chis lraet beine placed inthe midale
becween the Weltertr Winds, blowins on theCoal
ot Oninea, and che Patterly Frade Winds blovine
coche Westards chereot, che rendener oF che Ais
Wacer, and che L. as oF che Motion oF Fluid B0-
dies. Sucn an one is le secn e e Suns Beams
uxon the Air and Water, 25 he passes everr Day
overche Occans, considered rogecher wichrheNa
turc oF che Soil, and siruarion ot che adjoynins
(0 constant Calims in that parr OF the Ocean, callec
hero, I5 inditterenero eicher, and (o Aandsin P qui
benc armosphere, beins diminithed br the continual
lon thac che Rir here holas net ene cous rapo
Theretore, accordins tO ehC LaWS OL Oa
the AH, wrtich is lels caritied or expandea bs LICal,
and consequentr more ponderous, mult have a
Morioh round those Parts chereot, which arc t
raritied, and less ponderous, eo brins it 10 an A
quiliorium; also, the Prelence oFche Sun continu.
ally hifrins eo che Westvards, chac part alus
erhich che Rir rends, by realon of che Raritaction continued Scream, a5 Fast as ic rarities, and chat
made br his prearest Meridian Ilear, is wich him beins ascended, ic must disperse ic selF ro prelerre
carried Westrard, and consequenty che rendencs
Ot che whole Body oFthelorver Air is chat ar.
Fhus a general Pasteri Wind isformed, itich
beins impressed uxon all the Air oF a rast Ocean,
che Pares impel one che orher, and (0 heer movins
rillche nexc return of che sun, whereby somuch ol
che Morion as was lost, is again restored, a 
che Fasterly Wind is made perpetual.
Fromche lame Principle it Follons, Tharchis Pa
Aexly Wind Mould on the Norrh- Side OF che Pqua
caneous Chanse ot che Wind ro che oppolie Poine
ihe Trade-Winds, leems e0 alture. us; buL Mal
5
librio berween both; and the Weigheof che incum
conrrary Winds bloins from hence, is rhe Rea-
Dul aoce Cooi ace cane u. Os CCatoo a
it receires, bilees se a  eg LCainS.
Freater Crates, Pestes en eule set altut Latied
ris demonstrarire, chac chis latrer must ascend in 3
the Legudium Cat Lon ) a CoMtats Currene
the upper Aix must more from thole Parrs wtere
the Brcale LICatIS; 10bY 2 Kute et CMeaLIO
che Norch- Fast Prade-Wind belo, will be atten-
ded wich a South. Westertr abore, and the South
Falterly wich a Norch. west Wind abore; chacchis
is more chan a bare Conjecture, the almost instan-
Which is Frequeney Found in pastins che Limits on
coi, bcto che Dorchm aeds ot e Lalt, ane in donch srohich above alt conseno hio Hyvochelo, e