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feen p.

/ 365 : ioo, whence F ~ ■ and a-

ioo

fe j We have F = 40 f, therefore 4000 f — 365 f ; and0 'f :: 3^5 : 4000 :: 1 : 11 nearly; that is, theike Earth to raise the Water at the Moon C,He ar j ' at °f the Moon at the Earth A as II to I, very

If then the Moon can raise the Water here 10of * t ^ e Earth can raise the Water there to the Heighther a° - .et; but because the Moon always turns about>n the fame Time as she revolves about theto fe e V, ail d by this Means shews always the fame FaceOir ar th, the Waters (if any there be) will be raisedOver .I s a nd the opposite Side, and always continuetan jjg feme Part of the Moon’s Surface, so that therefen u . . n ° different Heights of Water there, and con-Pe n u y no Tides, except what small ones may hap-Ou s T st acc ount of the Sun’s Attraction, and her vari-hirr^E^ualities of Motion, and Distance from the

ter * ^he Air, which is 860 times lighter than Wa-in, yield in Proportion more easily to the attract-Tj de 0r ce of the Sun and Moon ; and therefore theVery in this profound and vast Aerial Ocean be

^■e^^fiderable and importing. But of this theto expect a further Account when we come

fere, directly of the Atmosphere , in the next Lee-

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