A treatise concerning the motion of the seas and winds (1677)
Vossius, Isaac, 1618-1689, Lovell, Archibald, translator, Macclesfield, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, ?c Earl of, ?d 1811-1896, former owner · London : Printed by H.C. for Henry Brome · leaf 117
the vvatersThave fo eafy a def-cent, that the bot-tomB.C.H.extendsit felf almoft in aftreight line; thenwill the greateftTide of all happen.For although it weonly confider theballance and level,the Sea fliouldmount beyond K.yet becaufe theCurrent of the wa-ters fetting fromA.• towards H. is… … the Setts WdWinds, cjjjjj full fcrce it advances to K, and fwelsnot only longer, but alfo higher thaneither at D. or at■■£. But this reafort of the rifing andfalling of Tides is not to be meafu-red by the rule of bodies that by adeterminate weight are attracted, orforced forwardr upon a…
Ocean currents · Winds · Tides
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