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... tide of the sea . Serving Winds . Enquire what winds are waiting and familiar , or most constant to what countries ; at what times they blow in those countries : which in the spring ; which in the summer ; which in the autumu ; which in ...
... tide of the sea . Serving Winds . Enquire what winds are waiting and familiar , or most constant to what countries ; at what times they blow in those countries : which in the spring ; which in the summer ; which in the autumu ; which in ...
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... . have upon Enquire what effects the winds may the tides and currents ; as to keeping them out , driving them in , and causing them to overflow . Enquire their effect upon vegetables and in- sects ; as to their bringing in of locusts , 14.
... . have upon Enquire what effects the winds may the tides and currents ; as to keeping them out , driving them in , and causing them to overflow . Enquire their effect upon vegetables and in- sects ; as to their bringing in of locusts , 14.
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... tides , * to discover whether the waters move from east to west for if the heavens , and the waters , which are the extremities of the air , have this motion ; it is highly probable that the air itself , which lies between them ...
... tides , * to discover whether the waters move from east to west for if the heavens , and the waters , which are the extremities of the air , have this motion ; it is highly probable that the air itself , which lies between them ...
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... tides : some writers indeed , now and then fix a day for their return ; but they do this rather from conjecture than certain observations . * * Consult Bohun's discourse of Winds . SECT . V. OF SERVING WINDS ; WITH REGARD TO 30.
... tides : some writers indeed , now and then fix a day for their return ; but they do this rather from conjecture than certain observations . * * Consult Bohun's discourse of Winds . SECT . V. OF SERVING WINDS ; WITH REGARD TO 30.
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... tides being affected in the like manner . For although it may seem a commodious hypothesis , that the moon rules over the waters ; but the sun and stars over the air ; yet it is certain , that water and air are very homogeneous bodies ...
... tides being affected in the like manner . For although it may seem a commodious hypothesis , that the moon rules over the waters ; but the sun and stars over the air ; yet it is certain , that water and air are very homogeneous bodies ...
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