An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth: With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth. Also an Examination of the Reflections on the Theory of the Earth, and a Defence of the Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New TheoryH. Clements, 1734 - 414 pagina's |
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... Diameter and adding a fourth part to ren- " der it Oval , viz . 1750 miles thickness ; " the earth at each Pole must bear above " fourteen degrees latitude more than if it " had been round . So that the hypothesis . " which removes its ...
... Diameter and adding a fourth part to ren- " der it Oval , viz . 1750 miles thickness ; " the earth at each Pole must bear above " fourteen degrees latitude more than if it " had been round . So that the hypothesis . " which removes its ...
Pagina 21
... diameter of the earth is but a point , in rę- spect of its diftance from the Sun , and there- fore two lines drawn from the Suns centre to any two points of it are very near in a proportion of equality , fo that upon the ac- count of a ...
... diameter of the earth is but a point , in rę- spect of its diftance from the Sun , and there- fore two lines drawn from the Suns centre to any two points of it are very near in a proportion of equality , fo that upon the ac- count of a ...
Pagina 68
... diameters parallel to themselves , and by confequence the axis which is one of them must also be parallel to its felf , for fince the time of its revolution is determined , it will perform its period in that time with the least motion ...
... diameters parallel to themselves , and by confequence the axis which is one of them must also be parallel to its felf , for fince the time of its revolution is determined , it will perform its period in that time with the least motion ...
Pagina 69
... diameters , for it is demonftrated by the writers of Hydrostaticks , that a sphere whofe centre of Gravity is the fame with its centre of Magnitude if put in a fluid of the fame fpecifick gravity with it felf , will retain any given ...
... diameters , for it is demonftrated by the writers of Hydrostaticks , that a sphere whofe centre of Gravity is the fame with its centre of Magnitude if put in a fluid of the fame fpecifick gravity with it felf , will retain any given ...
Pagina 84
... Diameter of its equator , and if it were fo , I would fain know by what means the vapours would flow from the Poles to the Equator . But the Theorift gives us an account how the Earth came to be formed after the fashion of an oblong ...
... Diameter of its equator , and if it were fo , I would fain know by what means the vapours would flow from the Poles to the Equator . But the Theorift gives us an account how the Earth came to be formed after the fashion of an oblong ...
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