Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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it hath not been likewiſe with a perfect curioſity inquired, what
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its courſe is thorow the particular arches of the Zodiack. </
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therefore the Earth and Moon in running through the Zodiack,
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that is round the Grand Orb, do ſomewhat accellerate at the
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Moons change, and retard at its full, ought not to be doubted;
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for that the ſaid difference is not manifeſt, which cometh to be
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unobſerved upon two accounts; Firſt, Becauſe it hath not been
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ducing the effect that we ſee in the alteration of the greatneſs of
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ebbings and flowings. </
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Tides themſelves are but ſmall matters in reſpect of the grandure
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of the ſubjects on which they work; albeit that to us, and to our
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littleneſs they ſeem great. </
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one degree of velocity where there are naturally 700, or 1000,
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can be called no great alteration, either in that which conferreth
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it, or in that Which receiveth it: the Water of our Mediterrane
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carried about by the diurnal revolution, maketh about 700 miles
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an hour, (which is the motion common to the Earth and to it, and
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therefore not perceptible to us) & that which we ſenſibly diſcern
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to be made in the ſtreams or currents, is not at the rate of full one
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mile an hour, (I ſpeak of the main Seas, and not of the Straights)
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and this is that which altereth the firſt, naturall, and grand
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tion; and this motion is very great in reſpect of us, and of Ships:
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for a Veſſel that in a ſtanding Water by the help of Oares can
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make
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three miles an hour, in that ſame current will row
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twice as far with the ſtream as againſt it: A notable difference
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in the motion of the Boat, though but very ſmall in the motion
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of the Sea, which is altered but its ſeven hundredth part. </
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like I ſay of its riſing, and falling one, two, or three feet; and
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ſcarcely four or five in the utmoſt bounds of a ſtreight, two
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ſand, or more miles long, and where there are depths of hundreds
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of feet; this alteration is much leſs than if in one of the Boats
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that bring us freſh Water, the ſaid Water upon the arreſt of the
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Boat ſhould riſe at the Prow the thickneſs of a leaf. </
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therefore that very ſmall alterations in reſpect of the immenſe
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greatneſs, and extraordinary velocity of the Seas, is ſufficient to
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make therein great mutations in relation to our ſmallneſs, and to
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our accidents.</
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Many things
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may remain as yet
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unobſerved in
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ſtronomy.
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Saturn
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for its
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ſlowneſs, and
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cury
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for its
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neſs of appearing
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were amongſt thoſe
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that were laſt
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Particular
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ctures of the Orbs
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of the Planets not
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yet well reſolved.
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The Sun
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eth one half of the
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Zodiack nine days
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ſooner than the
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The Moons
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tion principally
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ſought in the
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count of Eclipſes.
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Ebbings and
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flowings are petty
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things in
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ſon of the vaſtneſs
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of Seas, and of the
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velocity of the
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tion of the
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ſtrial Globe.
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declare unto us how thoſe additions and ſubſtractions derived
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from the diurnal
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Vertigo
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are made one while greater, and
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ther while leſſer; from which alterations you hinted that the
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nual period of the augmentations and diminutions of the
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bings and flowings did depend.</
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