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

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  1. Thus, in Odet Io explain che Change oF ehe Va- ( biration oF (0 many various Species oF Animals, in
  2. riations, we have advencured io make the LarEH
  3. tiollon, and co place anocher Clobe wwichin ic; nOr
  4. buc chac chere may be sererat Objections againt
  5. E; 25,
  6. Thac chere is no instance in PTature OF ehe lit
  7. etiir
  8. Thac, it chere was such a midale Globe, is
  9. ould noc kcep irs place inche Cenrer, bur beape
  10. 20 deriare cheretrom, and mighe possibly choct
  11. asainst the concare Shell, to the Ruine, or at leas
  12. Endamasins chereot.
  13. That the Water ot che Sea vould perperualt
  14. Igak chroush, unsels we suppose che Cariiy 10 bc
  15. FuII OF WVareF.
  16. That vere it posible, ver it does nor appear O
  17. Wrhat DCc such an inivard Sphere can be oF, bcins
  18. Muc up in eternal Darknels, and cherefore untir
  19. For the Production oE Animals, or Plants; Wich
  20. mans more Objections, accordins to che Pare ot al
  21. Cuchnem ProPOsiTIONS.
  22. Fochele ic may De briesy ansver d, Thac che
  23. cach ot wrtich, chere Wanes noc mans Instances
  24. ehac manifest che boundleso Porver and Goodnesso
  25. their Dirine Author; and can we rhen chinke ic 3
  26. hard Supposition, thac thie Incernal ParIS OF chis
  27. Bubble oF Farth sould be replere wich such Saline
  28. and Vitriolick Particles, a5 may contribure t0 Pe
  29. crefaction, and dispose che crantudine WVacer, t
  30. Thoor and congulare into Scone, so as conrinualy
  31. toForrisie, and; il necd ivere, to consolidace ane
  32. Breach or Flan in che concare Surtace ot che
  33. StCHI.
  34. And perhaps chis may not without reason be sux.
  35. posed to be the final Caule oF the admixture ot
  36. The Magnerical Matrer in che MTaIS OF che Terre
  37. Rrial Parrs oF our Clobe, viz. Fo make good and
  38. maintain the concare Arch oF chis Stell: FOE, B
  39. Whac the Fxcellene NIr. Nemton has Cevn in hie
  40. Principia Philosophiae, ic will follo, That accord.
  41. ins 1o etie general Principle ot Crariey, visible
  42. chroughout the Whole Dniverse, all thole Parricles
  43. thac by lenech ot Timie, or octervise, MaII moul
  44. der avaz, or become loose on He concare Surtace
  45. ot the external Sphere, vould fall in, and wictr
  46. ereat force descend on the Incernal, untels chole
  47. Carricles evere of another POrE OT MatteF, Capable
  48. by cheir Atronger rendener ro cacti ocher, to suspenc
  49. Rins environins ot the Clobe of Saturn, is a nota- the Force of Craviey; bur no ortier substance is
  50. ble Instance oE this kind, as havins che lame com- Hnoun capable ot supportins cach ocher by cheir
  51. mon Cenrre, and morins alons wich che Planet, mutual Accraction, but che Magnerical; and chese
  52. evichour sensibly approachins him on one side more
  53. than on rhe orher. And it chis Rins evere turned
  54. on one ot irs Diameters, ic ould then describe
  55. such a concare Sphere as this excernal one is lup.
  56. Posed ro be. Aud since che Rins in any Poscion
  57. siren, ould in the same manner kcep che Center
  58. eF Sarurm in ies own, ic follois, Thar Tuch a Con-
  59. care Sphere may More ich anocher included in iT.
  60. havins the lame common Center: NTor can ic. Wvell
  61. be supposed ochervile, considerine the nature oF
  62. Crariey; For Mould chese Globes be adjusted once
  63. co the Pame common Center, the Gravier ot the
  64. parts of the Concare, vrould prels equally romards
  65. che Center of che inner Ball; Which L qualies must
  66. neceslariiy continuerill lome exrernal Force dicturb
  67. ic, whicti is noc ease roimagine in chis Calc. And
  68. verhaps, this mistir be more incellisibly expressd.
  69. by saVins, Thar the inner Olobe beino posited in
  70. we sec miraculousty eo pertorin thac OMcC, Cvem
  71. where che porver ot Grariey has its Fuil Fffect
  72. much more Wichin the Clobc, erhere ic is weaker
  73. Wrhy chen may wenoc suppole chese laid Arches
  74. eo be lined chroughour wich a magnetical Matter
  75. Ox rather, to bc one frear Concare Magnet, wrtole
  76. ero Poles are che Poles we hare betore obserrd 10
  77. be Axed in chesurtace ot our Clobe.
  78. Anocher Arpument Pavouring this Fypothesis, id
  79. dravon From a PropOsitiOn OF thC (aE MIT. Nemton
  80. where he derermities the Force wherewichthe Moon
  81. mores the sea in producins che Tides; his Worde
  82. are, Densitas Lunae est ad densitatem Terrae ut 680
  83. ad 387. Seu 9 ad 5 quam proxime. Est isitur
  84. corpus Lunae densius ac masis terrestre quam Terra-
  85. nostra, P. 466.
  86. Non il che Moon De more Solid chan che Farch.
  87. 25 9 rO 5, Why may ve nor reasonably suppose
  88. che Center ofchie Fxrerior, must necellarily alcend the Moon, beins a Imall Body, and a Secondary
  89. Wrhich waz (oerer ic mores; thac is, ic must over- Planer, eo be solid Farth, WVacer and Stone, and
  90. come the FOrce oF Grariry pressing torards the ehis Globe ro consist or che Pame Macerials, ont
  91. common Center, by an Tmpulse ic must receire.+ chereof to be carier, wichin and between che
  92. from lome ontward AgenE. Buc all outmard FF- incernal Spheres; wrhich mighe be rendred nor im-
  93. fores beins sufticientir fenced asainst, by che Shell
  94. chac Currounds ic, ic Follons, Thac chis Nucleus bc-
  95. probable.
  96. And one oF the DSeS OF the Cariry oF the Farch
  97. ins once six d in the common C’enrre, must alvars (seems to be, To diminis the Specitick Graviez
  98. chere remain.
  99. As 10 the lealins of che Wacer chrouoh chis
  100. Chell, When once a passage Mail be Found for ic t0
  101. run chrough, is contess d ro be an Objection sceri-
  102. inslr of weighe; but by considerine hou tistely
  103. Preat Beds oF Chalk Or Clar, and much more stone
  104. donold WVacer, and even Cares arched wich Sand,
  105. no Han can doubr bur the Wildom os ihe Crcator
  106. has provided For the Macrocolm, by many more
  107. ways than can be cither imagind or expressd,
  108. especially since ve sec the admirable and innunte
  109. the Mocions et ine Lanets, In a lons me, Decomes
  110. sensible; and consequener, che greater Bodies
  111. must receire a lels Opposition than che lmaller.
  112. unless che Specikick Grarier ot the (maller do pro-
  113. porrionably exceed chat ot the sreater, in which
  114. Cale only ther can more rogether; (o rHac itic Ca-
  115. viry assigned in che Farch, max serre welleo adjus
  116. ies Weishe ro char oF che Moon: For ochervise, che
  117. Larth vould learethe Moon behind ic, and Me be-
  118. posirion of the PArES OughE nox We to expect in the (rasions Dilorder ofthe Blood, contracted fromthe
  119. Cabrick ot ehis Globe, made to beche lastins LLa Air, or ochermise; accompanied rirh a concinuec
  120. randrine
  121. ThCTCOL, in relpeCE ot tHC Moon; LOt I Ia de
  122. monstrateus Liar the oppolicion oF che Ether
  123. rable Constrances whererich cach vorchlels lndi-
  124. rauas is Furnis d, BOch ES DCteHa ICSCM, AIIL1O-
  125. come another Primary Planet.
  126. VARTCOSOM corpuS, IS CAC COMCLEHLC et
  127. Spermarick Vessels, wrhichenters the Pesticles.
  128. VARIOLLE, che Small POX, consits in a COn
  129. pagate ies Species. WVhac Curiosity in the Scr
  130. ecure; wrhat Accuracy in the Mixture and Com

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