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 35
ary thatone of two things fhould happen, e**ther that thefe Tra&s of Land fromwhence the Waters, begin to depart,♦fhould be left wholly bare, or thatfome ftfcceeding Hood fhould fill upthis vacuity. Now feeing the formeris falfe, it follows that the other muftbe true, and that that diminution… … the Seas and Winds. 17 ftrate this courfe of waters by a day-Jy and every vvjhere obvious example.Sqppofe then A. B. C. D. to be a Chan-nel or fome fmooth River,and thereinlet the Boat or fliip.E. be carried fromF. toward G. although the caufe, toto wit the Sun,which makes the Wa-ters to fweil, and…
Ocean currents · Winds · Tides
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