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# Title: Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 105, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 105)
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part oFche carth which corcred che whole at FrI,
and aftermard che grearest parethereot, mistie in ma-
ny Ages and lons procels of time be malted, bybcing
Arst raise dinto che Atmolphere in rapours, and chence
by che diurnal, buc principally by che annual motion
chereot be los into chearher, or medium chrough
Wrhich icpasses, lomerhae like chac maltins irhich I
hare obserred cobe in Comets, and hare noted ic in
my Cometa: Or unlelsremar be allored to suppole
chac this Auid part is masted by che pecrifaction and
Axation oFsuchparts oFic as have Fallen on theL and
and Hills, and nerer recurnedto AII up the meature ot
chc Sca, out oCrhich ic mas exhaled, For wrhich ve-
ry much may be Caid to makre it probable chat the
mater oF the carthis this ay dails diministied.
Or unlels (Cincc e areascertained by observations
chat che direction oF the Axis oF the carth is chansed,
ond gromnnearer the Polar Star than Formerly; thac
cheMagnetilm or Magnetical POles are raried, and do
daily more trom theplaces ihere they lately ere,
and chac chere are ottier great and noted changes ef-
Fected in ths carth) e may be allored to conceive
chatthe Central point of che attractire or gravitatin
porver oE che carth hachinlons procels ot timebeen
changed and removed allo Farcher trom us torrards
oux Ancipodes, rrhence mould Follon a recels
OF thematers Erom chele parts of themortdtothole,
and an appearance of mans parts aborethe Curtace ot
the mater inche Form oF Illands, and oE other places
Formerly abore che seanom in che torm ot Moun.
tains, (o to continue till by the libration or other-
rays recurmins motion chereof ic repossels its Former
seat and place, and orerrhelms agaim all chole places
erhich in che interim had been dey anduncorered rith
chereturn of che lame ater, Cince nothine in nature
is Found exempe trom che Pate oF chanse and Cor-
ruption.
Furher,