354 Append-ix.

Surface of the Earth, and would also ^here to it. And suppose the Plane o ^Ring made an Angle with the Plane PEcliptic of 23 Degrees and a half, then ^all the Motions of the Ring c ° ntl ° iIV ,only in a lesser Degree ; and would be £municated to the Earth, because it a ^firmly thereto ; for the Earth equibin Æther will yield to any Motionupon it from without. But the _ t( j

of the Ring being now communicat e ^

the Body of the Earth, will be farther ^minissed in Proportion as the M aMatter to be moved is augmented. ^ £S67. Now this Circle or Ring . jgencompassing the Earth by Supp 0 ^actually the true State of the Eart ^we have ssewn its Diameter throughEquator - Æ Q^exceeds the Length 0 ^

Axis ND, (Annot. CXLVIH-) ar 7 ^ att erfore it is surrounded by a Zone o oe dupon the. Equator analogous to thisRing of Bodies, and which muh 0- . produce the fame Effects. - t is,

. 68. Hence in the Equinoxes,

. when the Earth’s Nodes are in theor when the Line of the • Nodes (' vl ^Equinoxes) pass through the Ear ^Sun, . the Inclination of the Eq uat< b ^ jf,Ecliptic, that is, the Angle Æ T E ° r fs5