. The sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things . an, and amongft other Things that fell into Dif-courfe, I askd his Opinion, what Inequality there wouldbe in the Degrees of the Earth, in cafe it was oval, andwhere it would fall; whether they would be greater to-wards the Poles, or towards the Equator. We werefuddenly interrupted by the coming in of new Company, * I. P/cp. -J J*4. Prof. 3G» but «J54 Reflections upon-the but he
. The sacred theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things . an, and amongft other Things that fell into Dif-courfe, I askd his Opinion, what Inequality there wouldbe in the Degrees of the Earth, in cafe it was oval, andwhere it would fall; whether they would be greater to-wards the Poles, or towards the Equator. We werefuddenly interrupted by the coming in of new Company, * I. P/cp. -J J*4. Prof. 3G» but «J54 Reflections upon-the but he faid he would fend me his Thoughts upon a littleReflection; and accordingly, after a few Days he waspleafed to fend me this Letter. SIR, HAving now fome Leifure (the Elections for Parlia-ment, wherein I had any Concern, being over) Ihave here fent you my Thoughts on a Subject we latelydifcoursd of at Kenjington. Whether in cafe the Earthis a long Spheroid, the Degrees of Latitude would begreater near the Equator, or near the Poles. I conceivethey would be greater near the Equator. LetrheEllipfisBDCF. represent the Earth, draw the Lineg p. whichmay be a Tangent to the Ellipfis, and likewife meeting. with the Axis BC, and its Tranfverfe FD (after they areproducd) make the Triangle gAp an Ifofceles, and con-sequently the Angles at the Bafe Agp, Apg each 45* De-grees. I fay HC will meafure the 45- Degrees of Lati-tude near the Pole, and D H (which by Infpe&ion with-out farther Demonstration is evidently bigger) thofe nearthe Equator. (I ought to have premisd thatB and C re-prefent the Poles.) It is plain the Inhabitants at //will beIn the Latitude of 45- Degrees, by reafon their horizon-tal Theory of the Earth. 555 .tal Plane£/> is by Conftruction 4? Degrees diftan tthe Horizon of the Inhabitants under the Line at D, whichlies parallel to the Axis B C. If the Earth be a broad Spheroid, D and F reprefentingthe Poles, then by the fame Method of Reafoning, theDegrees of Latitude
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