. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... r: as we fee it in a long Froft, Winds arc i6in number, which together withI. becaufe It thickens and condenfatcs the groffer the 8 Principal ones make ^4 Laftlv berweenVapoui^of the Air, and thereby makes them fall thefe 8 Principal, as many others are placed exto the Ground, by which the remaining Air be- adly mthemidft, North-Nordj-Ftlir F^ilcomes finer. 2. The Pores ol the Earth are clofe North-Eaft , Ea
. A system of geography; or, A new & accurate description of the earth in all its empires, kingdoms and states. Illustrated with history and topography, and maps of every country ... r: as we fee it in a long Froft, Winds arc i6in number, which together withI. becaufe It thickens and condenfatcs the groffer the 8 Principal ones make ^4 Laftlv berweenVapoui^of the Air, and thereby makes them fall thefe 8 Principal, as many others are placed exto the Ground, by which the remaining Air be- adly mthemidft, North-Nordj-Ftlir F^ilcomes finer. 2. The Pores ol the Earth are clofe North-Eaft , , South-SolalElbound up, and therefore new Vapours cannot rife SoHth-SoHthWefi, mit-Sofith-fVelt Well AWth^ There might be Wefi., Nonh-North-Wefi. Thefe in all are the ?a great deal more faid concerning the nature and Points of the Compafs; as vou may fee in th^properties of the Air, that might either inftruft Scheme at the top of the following page*x divert an ingenious Reader, but leafl: fome & f a ? t THE H Jin IntroduBion to Geography, The Scheme Ihewing the 32 Points of the Compafs as they are defcribed in the preceeding Chap. the Parts of Time. THe Chief Parts of time are, a Day, anHour, Month, and a Year. A Day iseither Natural or Artificial. The Natu-raL is the (pace of 24 hours which the Sun takesto run round the Earth, or rather the Earth toturn round its owh Axis. The Artificial, is thefpace of time from the rifmgof the Sun to hisSetting. ,.„ , The Civil and Aftronomical Day differs not fromtheA/^f«r^/, unlefsin their beginning, accordingto the Cuftom of a Commonwealth, or the plea-fure of Aftronomers. The Babylonians began then-Day from Sun rifing, ( as the Inhabitants oi Nu-remhitrg now do ) the jews and Athenians tromSun-fet, as the Italians, Anflrians, Bohenhans,and Silefians do now. The Egyptians &Vi6. Bmansof old began their day from Mid-night, which is praftisd flill by the Germans, French, Englifi],
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