1The Progreſſive and uneven Motion makes the
Water in a Veſſel to run to and fro.387The Several Motions in the conteining Veſſel, may make the conteined
Water to riſe and fall.387The
Water raiſed in one end of the Veſſel returneth it ſelf to
Æquilibrium.391In the ſhorter Veſſels the Undulations of
Waters are more frequent.391The greater profundity maketh the Undulations of
Water the more frequent.391Why in narrow places the Courſe of the
Waters is ſwifter than in larger.396The cauſe why in ſome narrow Chanels, we ſee the Sea
Waters run alwayes one way.398The
Water more apt to conſerve an Impetus conceived than the Air.400The Motion of the
Water dependeth on the Motion of Heaven.404WEIGHTS.Its queſtionable whether Deſcending
Weightsmove in a Right Line.21WEST.The Courſe to the
West India's eaſie, the return difficult.402WINDE.Conſtant Gales of
Winde within the Tropicks blow towards the Weſt.402
Windes from the Land, make rough the Seas.402WISDOME
Divine.
Divine Wiſdome infinitely infinite.85The Diſcourſes which Humane Reaſon makes in time, the
Divine Wiſdom reſolveth in a Moment, that is hath them alwayes preſent.87WIT.The
Wit of Man admirably acute.87The Puſilanimity of Popular
Wits.364Poctick
Wits of two kinds.384WORLD.
World. Vide
Univerſe.The
Worlds parts are according to Ariſtotle two, Celeſtial and Elementary, contrary to each other.6The
World ſuppoſed by the Anthour [Galileo] to be perfectly Ordinate.10The Senſible
World.96It hath not been hitherto proved by any whether the
World be finite or infinite.293If the Centre of the
World be the ſame with that about which the Planets move, the Sun and not the Earth is placed in it.295WRITING.Some
Write what they underſtand not, and therefore underſtand not what they
Write.63The Invention of
Writing Stupendious above all others.88YYEAR.The
Years beginning and ending, which Ptolomy and his Followers could never poſitively aſſign, is exactly determined by the Copernican Hypotheſis.469
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