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then be equal. Thus in the Equator, thed^ t )ieArch Q_C is equal to the Nocturnal Arch C * > ' . jjJTropics R O and L M are equal to O T and M ’^ethe Latitude of England the Day E G is equalNight GDj and so in all other Parts. .

6. Hence, by the way, we may observe, ^thp Sun always moved in the Equator, there coinbeen no Diversity of Day and Night, and but ° ne -c^'of the Year for ever to all the Inhabitants of theNo Alteration of Heat or Cold, so agreeable no^to the Torrid and the Frozen Zones; but th e ^ 0 u sUniform eternal Round of unvariable Suns haduncomfortable Lot, every way contrary to that ^ je'

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Rghted and charmed with Variety to an extrert 1 ® stC fgrec. The Obliquity of the Ecliptic is therew ' jjjfe'to be looked upon as a Matter of Chance or >■rency, but an Instance of Wisdom and Defigf*. „ i* 1adorable Author of Nature,- who does no £ hVain. . ^jfbih

y. If we consider the Earth moving on l£S c0 jri eSwith its Axis N S always parallel to itself,, till Wj.into the Summer Situation, we shall-there fee, ^this Parallelism of the Axis all the Northern Y ^il»the Earth will be brought towards the Sun,- ,f s op lC ’in this Cafe be in the Plane of the Northernand' his Rays perpendicular Upon it, as at R'

Circle of Illumination a C f will now be rn f uC ^as to include the North Pole and all about it t0 ‘ Wtance N A — 2Z" Jo"; and on the contrary ^ ^elude the South Pole S-, and Southern Region®fame Distance S f. The Northern Climates mu q\i'fore now have their Summer , and the Southe >mates their Winter ; as will appear more particuwe consider,

8. First, The Sun-Beams fall more perpeu Uief**itpon any Northern Parallel than upon the sax» e

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