C5I4S) 
foaad tlieRektorrto be perfdns of ua^fufpeiSed Xjuegfj. 
ty ; Occafionally adding diverfe Philofophical fCefle^i. 
ons, in which he ^dhereth not to any one Hjpothep^ but 
maketh ufe of feveral, as they to him feem to lerve belt for 
the Explication of the prefcnt Phmomem. 
1. Theo, hedifcourfethof the Opinions of the Aoti. 
ents, and eorapareth with them the Placits of the Mo. 
derns, confidering Wind to be a Senlible Motion or Pro- 
trufion of theAir* 
2. Heexaminsithe Local Origins Witid^ and compri- 
fcth them under Three general Heads ; as generated i. In 
t)\Q Lower Re giGn^h^ihQ Dilatation of Vapours or Air; by 
a furcharge of the Atmofphere 3 by the Preffure of Glouds, 
©r the Elaftical power of the Air. 2» From the Earth or 
Seas^ as from Sbb^marinc or Sub-terraneal Eruptions; 
where he gives divers Hiftotical loftances of Winds break- 
ing from under the Earth Or Sea, and particularly of the 
famous Mafemti in the River of Dordogne^ and the fudden 
Tumors in the Lake of Gentva. 3^ By Defcenpn from the 
Mdle J{egion j where he makes their Gravity to be the 
Gaafe of jtheir Defcent, not their RepuUe from the Ami- 
j&m/<i/F/ of Contraries. 
3. Heventures to explicate the Fluxes and Reflexes of 
the Air and Windsj and their Motions to feveral Quartersi 
and thatj by the moft Violent Impulfe made that way 
where thty find the medium moft yield logj and fitteft to 
J>ropagate their motions* 
4. He gives the rtafon, why fotne winds blow with 
jgreater violence than others ; obferving,that thole which 
are tieareft their Local Origins blow hardeft, efpecially luch 
as are re- Informed by otiier auxiliary tapors as they 
pafe# 
5. Heconfiders the Effemial Attfihute ©f Winds to be 
their jranfverfe Mptibti , and inqaires into the various 
paufesofthefame^ difcdurfing withall of the other 
bwi^r^ AiR^ions of Winds • as their Vndulation, K^p^^' 
tnjfton from Promontories , Opphion^ Where he 
^ endeavors 
