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 135
JE have, (unjcfs I be mifta-V V ^cn>) Efficiently proved thatat the approach of the Sun and ef-pecially when he is overhead, theSeas do fweU. . Now let us fhow thereafon why every day and night theyFlow twice and ebb as often. Whetherthe Moon contribute thereto anything or nol, we fhall… … the Seas and Winds. 115 twice and ebb as often. Suppofe thenthe earth to be A. BX. D. and the Seathat environs it E. F. G*H. let the Sunbe vertical to the part A. E. and ac-cording to what we have faid the O-cean will fwell and rife as far as I. Sixhoures after the Sun will be overheadto the points…
Ocean currents · Winds · Tides
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