A Compleat System of General Geography: Explaining the Nature and Properties of the Earth ...S. Austen, 1734 - 898 páginas |
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... Globe ; the Tides of the Sea ; Bays , Capes , Inlands , Rocks , Sand- Banks , and Shelves . The State of the ... Globes , and Sea - Charts . The Foundations of Dialling ; the Art of Measuring Heights and Distances ; the Art of Ship ...
... Globe ; the Tides of the Sea ; Bays , Capes , Inlands , Rocks , Sand- Banks , and Shelves . The State of the ... Globes , and Sea - Charts . The Foundations of Dialling ; the Art of Measuring Heights and Distances ; the Art of Ship ...
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... Globe . 4. The Surface of the Earth continued , but not the Surface of the Waters . 5. How the Parts of the Earth are , from the Sur- face to the Center , is uncertain . 6. That Earth has it's Confiftency and Coherence from Salt . 7 ...
... Globe . 4. The Surface of the Earth continued , but not the Surface of the Waters . 5. How the Parts of the Earth are , from the Sur- face to the Center , is uncertain . 6. That Earth has it's Confiftency and Coherence from Salt . 7 ...
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... Globe . 8. To explain the Origin of Mountains . 9. Why Rains and watery Meteors are frequent on the Tops of Mountains , whilft it is fair below . 10. Whether the Surface of a Mountain be more ca- pacious than the Plain it ftands on ...
... Globe . 8. To explain the Origin of Mountains . 9. Why Rains and watery Meteors are frequent on the Tops of Mountains , whilft it is fair below . 10. Whether the Surface of a Mountain be more ca- pacious than the Plain it ftands on ...
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... Globe , and in Maps , to be laid down in the fame Order as they really are on Earth ; neverthelefs in thefe Mat- ters we rather follow the Descriptions that are given by Geographical Authors . Globes and Maps , in- deed , made from fuch ...
... Globe , and in Maps , to be laid down in the fame Order as they really are on Earth ; neverthelefs in thefe Mat- ters we rather follow the Descriptions that are given by Geographical Authors . Globes and Maps , in- deed , made from fuch ...
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... Globe itfelf has been compaffed by fe- veral , both English and Foreign Sailors . But there yet remains much of the Globe undiscover- ed . There is a vaft Southern Continent , as yet fcarce looked into . The northern parts of Ame rica ...
... Globe itfelf has been compaffed by fe- veral , both English and Foreign Sailors . But there yet remains much of the Globe undiscover- ed . There is a vaft Southern Continent , as yet fcarce looked into . The northern parts of Ame rica ...
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Afia Africa againſt alfo almoſt alſo Altitude Angle Arch Atlantic Ocean becauſe Bodies called Caufe Cauſe Center Chanel Chap Coaft Coaſt continually Courſe Defarts degr demonftrated depreffed Diameter diſcovered Diſtance diurnal Motion Eaft Earth Eaſt faid falt fame Fath fecond feem feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt flow fmall fome fome Places fometimes fpherical freſh fubterraneous fuch fuppofe Furlongs furrounded German Miles Globe greateſt Gulph hath Height Hypothefis increaſe Indian Indian Ocean Iſlands itſelf Lake Land leaſt lefs Malacca Meaſure Meridian moft Moon moſt Motion Mountains Muscovy muſt North Nova Zembla Number obferved Ocean Pacific Ocean Paffage paffing Particles Periphery Peru Philof Pole PROPOSITION raiſed Reaſon reft rife Rivers Salt Sea-Water SECT Semidiameter ſhall Shore ſmall South Springs Stars Streights Superficies tain thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thro Tides tion uſe vaft Vapours Water Weft whence whofe Winds
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Página 89 - ... even so very hard as never to wear or break in pieces ; no ordinary power being able to divide what God himself made one, in the first creation. While the particles continue entire, they may compose bodies of one and the same nature and texture in all ages ; but should they wear away or break in pieces, the nature of things depending on them would be changed.
Página 141 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Página 89 - And therefore that nature may be lasting, the changes of corporeal things are to be placed only in the various separations and new associations and motions of these permanent particles; compound bodies being apt to break, not in the midst of solid particles, but where those particles are laid together and only touch in a few points.
Página 92 - Thou, saidst, Let the waters be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear, which thirsteth after Thee?
Página 149 - I walked so far before my companions up the mountain, along the side of the river of fire, that I was obliged to retire in great haste, the sulphureous stream having surprised me, and almost taken away my breath.
Página 148 - Hill, I could difcern it to be filled with red hot liquid Matter, like that in the Furnace of a Glafs-houfe...
Página 427 - Refraction of the atmosphere. 85 feet above the general level of the surrounding fluid, and therefore the weight of a column of air reaching to the top of the...
Página 148 - ... came only out of the hole to our left, while the liquid stuff in the other mouth wrought and overflowed, as hath been already described.
Página 300 - Hypothefis is more reafonable than that of thofe who (derive all Springs from the Rain-waters, which yet are perpetual and without diminution, even when no Rain falls for a long fpace.of time ; or that derive them from a Filtration or Percolation of the Sea-waters, thro' certain imaginary Tubes or Paflages within the Earth wherein they lofe their Saltnefs.
Página 245 - Phenomenon in Nature that has so much exercised and puzzled the Wits of Philosophers and learned men as this. Some have thought the Earth and Sea to be a living Creature, which, by its Respiration, causeth this ebbing and flowing. Others imagined that it proceeds, and is. provoked, from a great Whirlpool near Norway, which for six Hours absorbs the Water, and afterwards disgorges it in the same space of Time. Scaliger, and others, supposed that it is caused by the opposite Shores, especially of America,...