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

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  1. ihe Water comares etie Moon: And For etie lame
  2. Reason, che Farch vould pur on an oblons Sphe-
  3. toidical Figure, utiose produced Axis, vould also
  4. Pals chro che sun-
  5. Andihen in MhenextPropOstiOnHC prOVes, THac
  6. etie Flux, and Restux of the Sea, is occasioned by the
  7. Water coverins our Globe, its purtinz on ruo oblone
  8. Spheroidicat Fisures, whose Axes produced, voula
  9. passthro che Moon and Sun
  10. And chis erue Cause oE the Tides, he Paich, Was
  11. tirst discorered by the great Kepler, and atterwards
  12. improved very much, by our Incomparable
  13. ME. Taac Nemron; Wrho emed ehac the Sea must
  14. needs rile Boch under che Moon, aud in the PaPE
  15. Diamerrically opposire ro tHaL.
  16. Andehis Spheroidical Figure oF the Water OFche
  17. Sea; which like ervo Mounrains is AreCHEOUE, one
  18. roards the Moon, and che orher to tte PAFF OpPO
  19. sire roher, is concinually movins, Or Mittins:acCOr-
  20. ding ro che daily Morion ot the Moon, Which il
  21. Follos; (Or rather indeed, the F arth movine co.
  22. wards che Past in its daily Morion, Mites ic selt
  23. avar trom chele Mouncains oF Warer, Wtrich keer
  24. a5 it vere immoreabie under and opposire eo che
  25. Moon, 25 e more Nowly morestowards the Last
  26. hence I Pay ie must necds be, chacrhe Wacex must
  27. cvice rise and Fall in 25 Flours; in which rime rhe
  28. Moon mores trom che Meridian ot any Place, 10
  29. the same again.
  30. And Because che Water oF the Farch will Livell
  31. or be raised in those Places ro wtom che sun is in
  32. the Zenith, or Nadir, (25 he proves, Prop. 64
  33. altho much lels than wrhen che Nicon is (o posiced.
  34. Thereiore in the Conjunction, and Opposition ol
  35. chese Luminaries, the atorelaid Protuberances o.
  36. che Wacer ill be conjoined; and consequeney
  37. chen che highest Spring-Tides, and che lowest Fbb
  38. Wvill be when bochchole Luminariesare inthe Hlori
  39. on ot any elace; because che Narer is then ele.
  40. vared, and no depresse d by che conjoint Force ot
  41. boch.
  42. Bul in che Onadratures et che Luminaries, ehie
  43. sun elerates the WVacer Wuhere che Noon makes i
  44. Fall, and makes ic Fall wrhere rhe Moon elevares ic)
  45. (0 chat the Elevarion oF rhe WVarer, depending ont
  46. on the differee e Mele Forces, will be che leat
  47. of aII. and lo tor rhe Depression. Berween the Sy
  48. ayeies, and che Ouadratures, the ERects oF ih
  49. Luminaries on the Wacer, will bc ac a mean bc.
  50. vechthe rvo Former.
  51. When che Moon is in ie Equinoctial, the cvC
  52. oppolice Proruberances, or Lminences ot che Wa
  53. rer, wil De allo in che Larchs Equaror, and each ol
  54. ihem deleltes cac Sceatet Cirele oF che Parch
  55. by IIS Buat ACtaion, ie vill move svitrer
  56. and wrhen ic is chroun roward che Shoars, will rile
  57. hisher there; besides chac, Comethins must alfobC
  58. allowed tor ee Lquarorial Diamerer otthe Parth,
  59. beine ies longest, and consequentr che WVare
  60. rhere beine Comething nearex ro che Luminary, vil
  61. ParIS.
  62. Neipe.
  63. alayo ecutet vooe Llatles ate in Peri-
  64. Fumnat onc.
  65. cher comala e oblblt.
  66. ineo an Oblone Sphetou, acaure e ue Mdons
  67. beins near ic) wrhole Axis R Fl, produced cowards
  68. Ot L tn DC the freatet MM ot che Wacet
  69. (reckonins tromthe L enere L) ana LM, OI L1
  70. che lcas; Which larrer is equal ro che heighe ot rne
  71. Vacer in any Poine ot the Circle NM : 8.
  72. Wherever ic meers wich che Parallels, CD, F6, 25
  73. suppose in X Or Y
  74. AISo etie RiphE Lines TC, YF, TD, and
  75. TC, (beins suppoled eo be dramn) will denore
  76. the heiphr ot che Wacer in chie several Points
  77. C, F, D and Cr: Then dramins ihic Circle lC
  78. parallel EONMI, itie Suppoled Kiphe Lines, FO
  79. TV, TS, TR, and YP, will be cheheiphes ot
  80. ihe Wacer in che Points O, V, S, R and P, Where
  81. che laid Cirele meers ich ihe Fquaror and its Pa.
  82. xallels.
  83. This Beins suppoled, Let us consider anx Place
  84. on che Larrb, by is Diunal Kocation, to delcribe
  85. the Parallel CD: Ic is then plain, thac wten che
  86. Place is ac D; ID will chen be ehe grearelt heieI
  87. Ot che Nacer, when che Moon 15 in cho Meriaran
  88. wrhen che Place hachmored lo ; ald tet MI8I
  89. est 28aip when ic is eome 1O C, 28 hach beeri Bc
  90. fore Mewn.
  91. beins nearer roche lonselt ot all L F) in che Pre
  92. (ene Cale, wrhen che noon declines rowards the e
  93. leraced Pole, the heiohr ot che Warer willbc erea-
  94. tet wrhen che Moon is in che Meridian, abore the
  95. Horizom, chas Wotes A CHE latrie Cottele betBW
  96. 5aeo, and least ivhen they are in Apocao; and since
  97. unation.
  98. This is the Case oF the Hoon in every
  99. bur ot che Sun ouly in che Wincer, chis joined to etie
  100. Former, occations chal ine srealett LIdes I InC Sy.
  101. Flicherro che Properries oF the Tides Have Becn
  102. considered only universally, asther asectthe whole
  103. Globe ot the Farrh; it remains, chac chose Moula
  104. be next spoten ot, which arise Trom ete disferent
  105. Laciendes et disserent Places.
  106. 20 anicti putpose, let B P K A OTI represent
  107. the Farrh, rhose Cenere is ac T
  108. che olher B: P the EguatOK, and C D, FO
  109. cuvo Parallels ro ic, one cormard che Norch, theo.
  110. 27875, and che lealt H M HCAC Ouadratures, u
  111. Precede che Vernal Equinox, and sollon che AU
  112. ech Pole A
  113. Let che Warex round che Farch contorm it sett
  114. tI, Mall pals chrouph che Moon: Then MaII YFI
  115. 6
  116. OF thac Place; buc che Wacer wiil be ae lovest,
  117. beraised hisher, by cheir InAuence, chan in ortiet
  118. And cheretore whenerer the Luminaries are et
  119. etlet In Conjunction, or Oppolition, in the Equator.
  120. cheir Corces ill be conjoined ro raile et lerale
  121. ihe Sea at the fiquator; as happens at che 572]-
  122. SySHexEche Equinoxes, Or in or neat Mar alu
  123. sestember, wtien ve alitass are the grearest
  124. Amnuat Lides; 25 the Lides de e Ouadratures
  125. Burnoir because Z D is longer chan FC, (3
  126. oE phose Moons, are almays che seatt, or most
  127. Again, che Tides, (orhex L C dl
  128. it

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