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Lexicon Technicum: Or, An Universal English Dictionary Of Arts And Sciences, fol. -

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  1. r. Thac che Deluse ot Noah Was rruis Dniver ehe included Warer ot che AbyIs must iltue, ane
  2. (al, and laid che wotole Farch under Wacer, co. lo hesp 20 occasion the Deluze
  3. vering +II, even the hixhest Mouncains, quile
  4. round che GloDC.
  5. 2. Lhat at che cime oE the DelucC, the Wate
  6. Ele suppoles Furcher, Thac chis Comet in ies
  7. Pelcent comards the Sun, passed (o close by the
  8. Boay ot rhe Larch as ro involve ir lelF in IES AF-
  9. moiphere and Tail for a pood while, and conlé.
  10. and chac it was immediarely lucceeded by that ot quemely, letr a vast quantirs ot Vapours, borh ex.
  11. the AbyIs, uhich was allo brouphe our on che
  12. Surtace oE the Globe.
  13. 3. Thar uxon iie Dilcuxrion oE the Scrata, anc
  14. ehe Elevation ot lome, and the Depression oto-
  15. chers ot chem, which followed atrer rhac Dilrupri
  16. on romards cheend ot the Deluse; This Mass ot
  17. panded and conciensed on iis Surtace; a grear
  18. parc ot which beins very much rarisy d atcer cheir
  19. tirs Fall vould be l0on dravn ux into the AIr 2-
  20. Bain, and atcerwards Fall donn on che Parch in
  21. vast and prodisiouss violene Rains; ertrichi was
  22. the cause ot che Forry Days Rain mencioried by
  23. Water sell back again inco che deprest and lowett Aoses in histlictory ot che Dolure. Bur theorhei
  24. parrsot che Farth inco L. akes and orher Caviries into
  25. creac Rain, wrhich ich chis, latted FOr 150 DaYS
  26. ehe Alveus Or Channel ot che Ocean; and chroupti was cauled (he laich) by che karcts comine a le
  27. the Fissures whereby ebis communicares wirh the cond rime into che Pail oF the Comet: And FEOI
  28. Ocean in the AbyIS, Which ir Alled rill ic came
  29. c0 an Equilibrium wich che Ocean.
  30. 4. Thac ehe Deluse commenced in che sprin
  31. ehis double comine of the Farch into ArH che AI.
  32. mosphere ind chen che Pail OF che Comet, he
  33. suppoles half the Wacer ot che Deluge 1o be de
  34. Season, the Warer comine Forch uxon the Farrh in rived, as che orher tals came From the AByIS;
  35. ehe Monch which Wve caII Mar
  36. wtole Wacers he suppoled ivere continued eo be
  37. Thac che Delure did nor happen trom an brovehe out by che Pressure ot rhat Wacex Whict
  38. accidental Concourse ot Nacural Causes, bur chac came trom the Comer, which he chinks rould
  39. many chines ivere chen donc, Which never could
  40. press downards wich a mighey Force, and endea-
  41. possibly hare been done wichour che ANictance oF
  42. voux to sink che ourward Crust ot che Parth down
  43. Supernatural Pover; char ehe laid Pomer acted intorhe Aby(S, and chis vould force the Subrerra-
  44. Wisdom; and chac a5 che System oF Nature Wwas
  45. chien, and is sill, supporced and ectabliihed, a De-
  46. luse neirher did nor could happon nacurelly.
  47. The L carned and Ingenious Mr. Woiston, non
  48. Machemarical Protessor in che Dnivertiey ot Cam-
  49. rean Wacex ux chreugh che Cletes and Fistures
  50. betore made in che Crust by the violence ot che
  51. Tide aborementioned. And at las, rO remove
  52. this vast Orb ol Wacers asain, he suppoles a
  53. mighey Wind ro tare arilen; wtich dried ux
  54. ome, and Forced the rest donn into che AByIs
  55. bridse, in his Nem Theory of che Carth, Cuppoles, chrouxh che Clites or Fillures by which it came
  56. and indeed matces ic very probable trom levera
  57. surprilins C0 incidences (a5 the exact C orrelpon.
  58. dence berween che Solar and Lunar Pear. Cupro
  59. lins as he doch, chac the Farch moved in a Circu-
  60. up in a 800d measure betore; only rhac a g00d
  61. Duantiey indeed rerired into the Alveus OF che
  62. Srear Ocean (nom sirs made) and into lesser Seas
  63. and Lates, (90. From the Calcularion of chis
  64. lar Orbit betore rhe Deluse; thac che Parchat che Comet he concludes, Thacchie Delure bexan or
  65. cime oF che Deluge Mould be in irs Perihelion, che 17ch Day oF che Second Monch From the AU
  66. vtich is indecd che narural, effect oE a Comers rumnal Rquinox (or on che 27ch Day oF November
  67. paltins by ac chac rime, and dramins ic trom a in che Tulian Scile excendea backvard) in che
  68. Circular co an F lliprical Orbir; and allo rhac che
  69. Moon was chen in such a place of ies Orbic a5 tC
  70. be equally accracted by che Farth ertien theCo-
  71. met passed by) ICaY, herenders ic very probable
  72. char a Comet descendins in che Plane oE che P
  73. elipriek rowards irs Perihelion palled just betore
  74. 2365ch Vear oF che Tulian Perioa, and in che
  75. 2349ch Zeae belore the Christian Ara. Fle 2C
  76. Terrs al(o, Thac the Waters oF che Deluse vere
  77. Aili. calm, and free trom Comimorions, Storms
  78. Winds, and Tempests oF all Porrs, durins che
  79. Wvhole cime che Ark vas aAoac upon chem: Phas
  80. ehie Faerh on the first Day ot che Deluze: The ac che Deluse rhe Farth was tirst divided into twc
  81. Conlequences os Willeuhe chints would bc, Lhal
  82. vast Continenes almost opposire ro one another and
  83. ehis Comet when it came below che Moon vould separared by a vast Ocean, asic is nou; and al(o
  84. raile a prodigious, vast, and Arono Tide, borh chac since che Deluse chere neicher hach nor wil
  85. in the (mall Seas, Wvhich accordins ro his Elypo- be any grear or general Changes in cheStare ot the
  86. chesis vere in che Anridilurian Farch (For he al.
  87. NorId rill a Period be pur ro rhe prelent Course
  88. lons no crear Ocean chere, a5 in ours) and al(o oF Nature. Nou he makces our chele chines che
  89. in the AByIS, wtrich vas under che upper Crust Reader wil find in his Nem Theory ofthe Farth
  90. otche Farch: This Fide he supposes would rile and
  91. wtich is very vell worth che caretul perusal ot
  92. encrease all che time of the approach ofrhe Comet every Machemarical and Philo(ophical Reader.
  93. coalus che Lareh, ante oe dl al ils Blcaleu
  94. DEMATNE Or Domesne, Dominieum, is a Frenct
  95. heiphe when the Comer was ac ies leas distance word, ochervise wrieten Domaine, and bigniheth
  96. From ic By the torce of wtrich Tide, and allo as Froroman Paich, Patrimonium Domini, In verbis
  97. by che Arcraction oF the Comer he judges, chac
  98. fendalibus, verbo Dominicum, Where by divers Au
  99. Lord.
  100. Keh Oy the violent torce ot the laid Lide and Ac-ro behiis omn, he laich, Thac he is, or was leir d
  101. craction, and consequently hare innumerable Cap5) rhercot in his Demaine, a5 of Fec, Lit. lib. 1. c. 1
  102. and Clesto madle quice chroust i, out ot whieh wherebs he meanect, chac alchousl his Land be
  103. Iy Oral Figure, whole Surface being much larger (which a Nan holdeth originally ot himlelt, and
  104. ehe AbyIs must puc on an Flliprick or racher exact- choriries he provech chole Lands ro be Dominicum
  105. et e Curch incumbene on che Abs acle hccas
  106. accommodare ir selFro chac Fixure; Wtrich yer ir
  107. coue noc possibly do while ic held solid and con-Manes sprs andetsobu, sor all dependech ei
  108. joined rogerher, and cheretore he concludes, thac chex mediarels er immediarely ot the Crown; for
  109. chan the Former Spherical one, the ourward Crust thole co be feodum which he holderh oE a Saperior
  110. In Enesana, no Corntion Terion Haen anv De-
  111. ic mustot necestiry be extended and ae last bro- when a Man in pleading vould signisie his Lanc

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