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

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  1. In. Philos. Frans. LV. 1G3, Lapc. ) AGS1
  2. lorvine Hypochesis, acconnens For chis ariat
  3. and solvins all iis Phenomena s, trich is chus.
  4. Fereckors the external ParS oF the Globe 2S
  5. the Shell, and the Incernal ad a Nuclens, Or initier
  6. Globe included ichin ours, wvichi a Auid Medium
  7. betveen, wrhich tavins che lame common Cente
  8. and Aris oE Diurnal Rorarions max curn about
  9. virh oue Farch each 24. FTours; onl ehis outer
  10. Sphere havins is curbinarins Morion, some Mmali
  11. marrer cicher Cvister or Porver than che inTerHA
  12. Ball. And a very minure difterence in lensch ot
  13. rime by mans repetirions, becomes sensible; che
  14. Incerrial Pares will by degrees recede trom che LX
  15. ternal 3 and, not kcexins pace wich. one anocher,
  16. Will appear oradualle co more, cicher Pastwardo
  17. Westuard, By eie difference ot their MOrionS.
  18. Ptow supposins such an internal Sphete havine
  19. Such a Morion, che evo great Dissiculties in the
  20. Former FIrpochesis, is casitr solved: For it this ex
  21. teriox Stell oP Farth be a Magner, having ils Poies
  22. ac a distance From che Poles oF Diurnal Roration.
  23. and il the internal Nucleus be libevise a Masnet.
  24. travins its Poles in trro ortet places distane also
  25. trom che AXis; and chese latrer, by a gractual anc
  26. Po Morion chanse their Place in respect of che
  27. External: Wemay chen sire a reasonable accour
  28. of the four Magnetical Poles aforemention d, 25
  29. lilerrise ot tho Changes ot che Necdles Varia
  30. Eions.
  31. Lhe, Leriod, oEchis, Mocm Deins mondertu
  32. sreat, and cherebeins hardly an hundred rear
  33. since thele Variarions have been duly obterred, 1
  34. will berery hard eo brirs chis Hyporhesis 10 2 C al
  35. culus, especiallr since, tho ehe Variarions do in-
  36. creale and decreale regularty in che Pame Place
  37. Vec in differins Places, at no grear distance, there
  38. are tound such casval Changes chereot, a5 can nO
  39. vars be accounced for by a regular Hypochelis, 2
  40. dependins upon the unequal ana irregular di ribu
  41. cion ofrhe Magnerical Macrer wirhin che Substane.
  42. of ihe exterrial Shell or Coac oF ihe Parch, Whict
  43. desect che Necole trom che Posirion ic would ac.
  44. quire trom che efsect oE che general. Magneritm o
  45. Ehre Wvhole.
  46. Particularty in chat rast Mer det Zur, Wohich oc
  47. capies (o siene a pare ot ihe Wohose Surtace of. pe
  48. EarFH.
  49. CHEFHCH LEHO OF tHe Poles De Fix d, and Ewc
  50. Moreable, ic remains to ascerraiti, which chey at
  51. thac keep cheir Place. And ic evere 10 be wistic
  52. ve had che Experience oE anocher Cencury oh
  53. Vears 10 found out Concusions upon: Vex He
  54. chinkes ic max be lately determind, Thac OUF Lu
  55. ropean North Pole (Which is suppoled ro be near che
  56. Meridian ot che Lands. find ot fingland, and aboui
  57. 7 De. Theretrom) is That chac is Moreable ofche
  58. ivo Norchern POles, and ThaL chachas chieAv in
  59. Euencedche Vatiarions in chese Parts ofthe W orid:
  60. For in Fudson s. Bay, Wwhichis under the Directior
  61. OF the American Pole, the Chanse is noc observed
  62. to benear (0 falt, 25 in chiele Parrs, oF Furopo, 1h0
  63. chac Pole be much fariher remored trom chie
  64. ArIS.
  65. AS c0 the South Poles, he rakes che Asian Pole
  66. erhich he places abour che Meridian of ihe IMand
  67. Celebes ro Derhe Fix d, and consequeney che Ame
  68. rican Pole ro More, From the lilce Obserration ot
  69. che NoW decrease ol the Variarion on che Coact ot
  70. Fava, and near che Meridian OF che Aan Pole ; tho
  71. he omns ro have no accoune ot the LiHects oF che
  72. orter berond MasellanS StraisHEs.
  73. This beins eranced, ris plain, Thac che Fix d
  74. Voles, are che Poles oF ihis externa l ChellOF COrreK
  75. otthe Farch; and che ocher rvo, the Poles ot che
  76. Magnerical Nucleus, included and moreable wichin
  77. ehe orher. Ic likcerise follons, chac chis Mocionis
  78. Westirards; avd, by consequence, Thac cheatore
  79. Caid Nucleus has not precisely attain d che lame de
  80. eree oF Velocier wich che exterior Parrs in cheir
  81. diurnial Rerolurion; buc (o verr nearly, equals it
  82. chac in 365 Rerolres, che diterence is, (carce ser
  83. SiblC.
  84. This is supposed to avise siom ihe impulle
  85. Wvhereby chis diurnal Mocion as imprels d on the
  86. Farth, beins siren co che external Parrs, and from
  87. chence, in time, commuicaced co che Incernal; bur
  88. nor (0, a5 pertectly r0 equal che Velocirr of, the
  89. Arst Mocion impressd on, and Aill conserred bs
  90. che Supersicial pares of che ClObe.
  91. As coche Ouamitr oF chis Morion, it is impossi
  92. ble ro desine ic, boch trom che nature oF chis kinc
  93. ot Obserration, Wrtich cannor be verr accurarely
  94. performd; 25 2l0, From che lmall Fime chele Va
  95. riations hare been obserred, and cheir Chanse dil-
  96. corerd. Ic appears by all Circumttances, Thacits
  97. Period is oFmany Centuries oF PearS, and aS FaF aS
  98. may be collected trom the chanse ot che Place
  99. erhiere chere was no Variacion by reason of thc
  100. rgnilibrium ot the evo Souchern Magnetical loles
  101. viz. From Cape d’Agulhas, 10 the Meridian oF SF.
  102. TTelena, (Wvhich is about 23 de8. in abouc90 Y ears)
  103. and ot che place where che Westerir Variarion is
  104. in ies prearest Derection, beins about tale somuch
  105. viz. From cheiDe oF Dieso Roiz, 1o che Southest
  106. ParIS OE Madasascar; Wve may wirh some realon
  107. conjecture, Thâc che American Pole has moved
  108. WVestvara 46 degr. in hac Fime, and thacoche
  109. Whole Period chereot is pertorm d in 700 Y Cars, Or
  110. chereabours: S0 char, che nice determination oF
  111. this, ard of several ocher Parriculars in the Mag-
  112. nerick Syctem, is reserred for Pocterier; abl chat
  113. e can hove to do, is to learebehind us Obserra-
  114. tions phac may be consided in, and co provose HV
  115. pocheses etich alter Ases max Examine, Amend.
  116. ulent
  117. Otrhis, the Variarions ac London ade Laris BI
  118. a notabse MMcanice; 1Ot MLecur Has Me COI
  119. Atanely abour L: more Fasteriy ac Paris than ac
  120. London: Lho ie be cecan ual accorns loe
  121. General PRect, che difference ouxhero bethe con-
  122. trary as hotwichstandins We ue. ralla
  123. tiens in bol Places do chanse alike.
  124. Flence, and From lome ocher chinss ot litce nature
  125. it seems plans, etiar che ervo Poles of che externat
  126. Clobe are lix d in che Farch, and thac if cheNccale
  127. ivere ertrolls sorerned by chem, che Variations
  128. thereot rould be alvars the same, wich (ome sI.
  129. regularicies upon the acconne bur just LOW MMI
  130. riorid. Buc the incernal Sphere havins such a gra-
  131. dual Franslation oF ils Poles, does intluence che
  132. Nccdle, and direct it rariousY, accordins to che
  133. resule ot che accractire on directtire Pover ot cach
  134. Poles and consequeney, chere must be a Period ot
  135. the Rerolution oE chis internal BaII; atrer whieh,
  136. the Variarions ill recurn again, 25 before. BuF
  137. il ic Mall in future Ages be obserred ocherosile,
  138. e must then conclude, chrar there are more 0t
  139. chese internal Spheres, and more maenecieat Les
  140. than Four, vtrich, cac prelenr, ve hare au
  141. e non vrial cuautiet aes aeeirtite dus

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