Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 4: Translated from the French of the ABBE Raynal (Classic Reprint)
Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 4: Translated from the French of the ABBE Raynal (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 4: Translated From the French of the Abb??? Raynal T1113 phenomenon, the canfo of which is not known, feems to depend much more on the fea than on the land. In the fix months that the river IS rifing, the hemifphere of the new world prefent's nothing but feas, at leafl but l1t???le land, to the perpendicular aftion of the rays of the fun. In the, fix months of its fall, America exhibits ...
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Excerpt from Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies, Vol. 4: Translated From the French of the Abb??? Raynal T1113 phenomenon, the canfo of which is not known, feems to depend much more on the fea than on the land. In the fix months that the river IS rifing, the hemifphere of the new world prefent's nothing but feas, at leafl but l1t???le land, to the perpendicular aftion of the rays of the fun. In the, fix months of its fall, America exhibits nothing but dry land to the planet by which it is illumi nated. The fea, at this time; is lefs fubje???t to the influence of the fun, or, at leaflz, its current towards the eal'tern {hore is more balanced, more broken by the land, and mull, therefore, leave a freer courfe to the r1vers, which, not being then fo firongly confined, by the fea, cannot be fwelled but by rains, or by the melting of the fnows from the Cordeleras. Perhaps, indeed, the rifing of the Waters of the Oronooko may depend entirely on. The ra1ny feafon; But to be thoroughly ac quainted with the caufes of fo fingular a phoenoa menon, it would be neceltary to confider, how far the courfe of this river may be afie???te'd by that of the Amazons, and to know the track and dire???tion both of the one and the other; From the difl'er ence'of their fituation, their fource, and their' Opening into the fea, it is not improbable, that the 'caufe of foaremarkabl??? a difference in the periods of their flux and reflux might be difcovered; All things are Conne???ted in this worldly fyl'tem. The courfes of rivers depend either on the diurnal or annual revolutions of the earth. Whenever an enlightened people, {hall acquire a knowledge of the banks of the Oronooko, 'they will difcover. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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