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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 50

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  1. part oFche carth which corcred che whole at FrI,
  2. and aftermard che grearest parethereot, mistie in ma-
  3. ny Ages and lons procels of time be malted, bybcing
  4. Arst raise dinto che Atmolphere in rapours, and chence
  5. by che diurnal, buc principally by che annual motion
  6. chereot be los into chearher, or medium chrough
  7. Wrhich icpasses, lomerhae like chac maltins irhich I
  8. hare obserred cobe in Comets, and hare noted ic in
  9. my Cometa: Or unlelsremar be allored to suppole
  10. chac this Auid part is masted by che pecrifaction and
  11. Axation oFsuchparts oFic as have Fallen on theL and
  12. and Hills, and nerer recurnedto AII up the meature ot
  13. chc Sca, out oCrhich ic mas exhaled, For wrhich ve-
  14. ry much may be Caid to makre it probable chat the
  15. mater oF the carthis this ay dails diministied.
  16. Or unlels (Cincc e areascertained by observations
  17. chat che direction oF the Axis oF the carth is chansed,
  18. ond gromnnearer the Polar Star than Formerly; thac
  19. cheMagnetilm or Magnetical POles are raried, and do
  20. daily more trom theplaces ihere they lately ere,
  21. and chac chere are ottier great and noted changes ef-
  22. Fected in ths carth) e may be allored to conceive
  23. chatthe Central point of che attractire or gravitatin
  24. porver oE che carth hachinlons procels ot timebeen
  25. changed and removed allo Farcher trom us torrards
  26. oux Ancipodes, rrhence mould Follon a recels
  27. OF thematers Erom chele parts of themortdtothole,
  28. and an appearance of mans parts aborethe Curtace ot
  29. the mater inche Form oF Illands, and oE other places
  30. Formerly abore che seanom in che torm ot Moun.
  31. tains, (o to continue till by the libration or other-
  32. rays recurmins motion chereof ic repossels its Former
  33. seat and place, and orerrhelms agaim all chole places
  34. erhich in che interim had been dey anduncorered rith
  35. chereturn of che lame ater, Cince nothine in nature
  36. is Found exempe trom che Pate oF chanse and Cor-
  37. ruption.
  38. Furher,

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 50. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0060?run=74