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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1734 Excerpt: ...Seasons of the Tear, and the Tides are observed to he highest about the Equinoxes; i. e. at the Spring and Fall j but lowest at the Solstices, DES Cartes pretends to account for this Phae nomenon by his Hypothesis, but I cannot ap-? prehend his Meaning by his Words, nor how it Can be deduced from it (h). It is probable, that the Sun and the general Winds may contribute much (b) Sit the true Reason ofth'u in Artie. 3. f/Nott (fj above. to raise these Tides, when, in the Equinoxes, the Sun is vertical tp the Ocean in the middle of the 'torrid Zone, and therefore may cause both the Wind and Water so rage, and the former to agitate the latter, The contrary of which may happen about the Solstices, Or we may fay, that thele extraordinary Tides then happen by the fame Reason, and proceed from the same Cause that frequent Rains and Inundations proceed from in these Seasons. PROPOSITION XIV, Jn some Parts of the Ocean, Bays, and Shores, the Tides ebb and flow very high; and in others but low: and in some few Places there are no sensible Tides at all. THOSE Places have the greatest Tides j t2 which are in the Torrid Zone between the Tropics, where the Moon, being almost constandy vertical, presses the Water with greater force 2. those which lie directly East and West with their Collaterals; 3. those Bays that are long and narrow s 4. those Places where there are but few Islands or Forelands. THE Tides are therefore greater or less in a Place, according as it is situated or extended. THE greatest known Tides are observed in the Bay of Guzarat, at one of the Mouths of thfc River Indus, and has struck many with Admiration. The Water there recedes from the Shore very quick, and leaves it uncovered for a great Space so that this Bay is, not without Reason, thought to be t...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781151207029
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 148
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1151207020
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 277 gr


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