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

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  1. Ou learned P.ArenOmmer, HEr. Flamstead, PS. CarrY a Pon eist, 25 here on che Surtaceio carr)
  2. Ile cound br abore eo Cobserrations ol the FTigh.
  3. maters at Fomermhars and Greenmich, Fhac ihe srea
  4. celt Ditrerences Betwveen the Noons erue Southins
  5. and che FTich-maters, vere not, 25 Philips Caid, a
  6. Full, Nem, and duarter Moons, buc the greates
  7. near che Neaps, andehe leost neas hebisbest sprins
  8. tides.
  9. FHere is an Hypochesis 10 Tolre the Mori
  10. on ol che Fides, mentioned in Philosoph. Transact
  11. N. 16. From chac learned Mathematician DF. W al
  12. lis: In wohich, he suxposes che Farch and Moon, EC
  13. inore round the sun, in a Circle, or Fillipse, deleri
  14. bed by cheir common Centre oF Gravity. Bur
  15. chis Flypochelis places ehe highese Annual Tides nOr
  16. riear che Lquinozes, bue about Candlemass and AI-
  17. bollandcide: chat is, in che beginnins of Februarz
  18. and November. BUE L coud never And chat rhC
  19. Thins vas C0 in Fact; bur that On ThC CONFTari
  20. ther are alrars greatest at or near the Equinoxes
  21. as hath been generalsy observed: I MaII Theretore
  22. reter the R eader to the Insenious Lyporhesis it Sel
  23. wirhoue sivins als paccelar ACCOUE oE i
  24. here.
  25. 1
  26. oC che Diltance.
  27. 2 hundred and a quarter.
  28. And in che lame Proportion does che Velocities
  29. OFche Fall ot Bodies decreale: For Whereas on che
  30. Surtace oF the Farch, all chings tall 16 FoOr in 2
  31. Second, at one Semi diameter above; chis Fall is
  32. but 4 FoOc; and ac 3 Semi-diameters, or 4 trom
  33. thc Cenrer, it is buc = = oF the FaIl ac che Surtace
  34. or buc one Poor in a Second; and at orearer Di
  35. stances both WVeighe and Fall become rery liccle
  36. bui yet, ac all sivem Distances, is Aill Comerhins,
  37. choithe BRect become insensible.
  38. AErhe Distance oF the MoOn, (Wwhich suppose
  39. 2o be60 Semi diameters ol the F APtH) 3600 pounds
  40. veich bur one Pound, and the FaIl of Bodies is
  41. buT 3 35 OF a FOOE in a SccOnd, Or 16 FOOL in 3
  42. Minure: Thac is, a Body (0 Far ost descends in
  43. Minure no more chan che lameat chedurtace oF che
  44. Farth rould do in a Second of Pime.
  45. And as Was said Betore, the lame torce decrea
  46. sins atter the Came manner, is evidently found in
  47. the Sun, Moon, and aIl che Planets; bue more e
  48. (pecialsy in the sun, whose Force is prodicious, be
  49. comins sensible even at che immense distance ot
  50. Saturn. This sires room 10 suspeet chac the force
  51. oF Grarier is in the Celestial Globes proporcional
  52. to the Ouantier of Macrer in each oF them: And
  53. the sun beins at Jeast 10000 rimes (For Instance
  54. tho heistar bieger) a5 bis 25 the Barch, its Ora-
  55. vitation or actractins force, is found eo be ac least
  56. 10000 rimes a5 muct a5 chac oC ihe Farrh, actins
  57. on Bodies at che Pame Distances.
  58. Whence allo, all ihe TuEPEIZIIS Phenomena OL
  59. ehe Flux and R eAuX OF the Sea, He Mews in MMC
  60. like manner to procecd tromthe Came Principle.
  61. IF che Farrh vere alone, that IS EO CaY, nOt aF.
  62. sected by che Actions ot che sun and Moon, ic is
  63. noc co be doubred, buc che Ocean beins equally
  64. pressed by che force of Grarier torvards che C en-
  65. ter, ould continue in a pertect Scagnacion, al.
  66. rays ac che Came heighe, vithout ever cbbing or
  67. Rovins; bur ir beino by him demenstraced, Thac
  68. The sun and Mcon hare a like Principse of Gravi
  69. carion corvards their Centers, and rhac the Karrh is
  70. richin ehe Actirier ot cheie atcractions, ic wil
  71. Plainly follon, That che Equalier ot che Prelture
  72. et Grariey cowards che Cenrer ill cherebr be di
  73. Aurbed; and cho che (mallness oF chele FOrceS
  74. in respect of che Craritation torards HE ParrHS
  75. Cencer; rendet them altogether imperceptible by
  76. any Experiments we can devise, vec cheOceanbe-
  77. ins Duid and rieldins ro che least Force, by its ri
  78. sins. Mes here ir is leat prekt, and Where is 15
  79. more prest by us sinkins.
  80. Trars. N. L43. sires us a nevs andniore correct Tide-
  81. Table, (rhich he allo nou publistres ererr ear
  82. imPTOrInS WHaE MII. PBMIPS tad BCSBI VVOOICI
  83. vins, chac ihe Tides did nor usualy hold our (0
  84. IOnGaSMII. Phili pss Calcularion made chem ro de
  85. The true Theory of the Tides extracted from that ac
  86. mirable Freatise of NIr. TIdac NeWIOn, Intitule
  87. Philo(ophix Nacuralis Principia Mathemarica
  88. that Fxcellent Mathematician, Captat
  89. Llalley.
  90. The Principle upon which chis Auchor procceds
  91. 20 explain moll o che sreat and surprisins APVCaI-
  92. ances ot LNacusc, l no orher chan thac ot Graviis.
  93. Wvhereby, in che Carth all Bodies hare a Tenderes
  94. cowards as Centre; as is most evident: And trom
  95. indonbred Arsuments ies proved, Thac chere is
  96. Tuch a Gravirarion towards the Cenere oF ihe Sun
  97. Moon, and aIl EhC PLaHCTS.
  98. From chis Principle, as a necessary Consequence
  99. Follonsthe spHecal Fioure oF che Parrh and Sea,
  100. and ot all ché ortier Celestial Bodies; and io che
  101. renaCIE) and SrmnelS oF che Colid ParES, Suppor the
  102. Inequadties ofche Land aborethe L evel; Vet the
  103. Fluas prestine equally and easily rieldins 1o cach
  104. octer, ab loon restore the s quilibrium, iE disturbed,
  105. and namtain che exact Figure ol the Globe.
  106. Now chis force of the Descent ot Bodies, corvards
  107. the Ceer, is nor in all places alikre, buc is Aill lels
  108. arid less, as the Distance From the Center encreases:
  109. And in che Caid B00lC ic is demonstrared, Thatchis
  110. Force decreales as the Square of the Distance in-
  111. creales; thac is, the weishe ot Bodies, and the
  112. Force ot. Their Fall is lels, M Parrs more remored
  113. Nor it, e lupose neoce ee Moons 11C
  114. caelonto decreale as ihie square et che Dultance
  115. Fronrues Cemmes Mcreales, (as in che Carth, and 0.
  116. Ces Cerctus Boces) WeMaitind, chat Where the
  117. crom che Cenere, in che Proporrion o che Square
  118. Moon I3 Detpehatculatis elinee aboreet delonc
  119. Forizon, cither in Zenith or Nadir, there thetorce
  120. et lariey is mos ot al diministed, and conse
  121. As Cor Fxarripte.
  122. A Ton weishe on the Surtace of ihe FartH, il it
  123. trere raised ro che heighe ot 10r0 Miles, Wrhich let
  124. be the Semi-diameter of che Farch, ould weisti
  125. DuE a quarFeF OF 2 FOn, Or 500 l. Wveistc. IF 10
  126. 12000 NTiles, Or 3 Semi-diameters From the Sur-
  127. Face; thac is, 4 trom the Center, it vould weish
  128. Dut r Sixteenth part of the Weighe on the Surtace,
  129. or a Flundred and a quarter: S0 char ic vould bc
  130. lels cdat edele cl ccati lccua decenatus
  131. Eivel, by che comins in ofche Wacer From chole
  132. Parts wrhere the Presture is oreacest, viz. in thole
  133. Places ehere the Moon is near the FTorizon; but
  134. chac chis Mta) be the berter understood, tvas
  135. thonGHE MCCH 1o add che tollowins Scheme,
  136. Where M is ThC NNBO, P the FartH, C its Center
  137. Zche Pale oete che Moon is in che Zenich, 1
  138. iotere vn vie Naci
  139. 25 calie Cor chedirencitiot a Maltat ac B. ld
  140. Non

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