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found the Relators to be perfons of uasfufpeded Integri- 
cy: Occafiooally adding diverfe Ehilofophical Refle(3:i- 
onS; in which he adhereth not to any one Hj/pothefis^ but 
maketh u(e of feveral, as they to bkn feem to lerve beft for 
the ExpliGation of the prefcnt Fhanome^ja. 
I. Then, hedifcourfeth of the Opinions of the Anti- 
ents, and comparerh with them ihe.Placics of the Mo* 
dernsj» confidering Wind to be a Senfible Motion or Pro- 
trufion of theAir^ 
7. He ©xamins the Lccal OYigins of Wind, and compr i- 
fcth thena under Thr^e general Heads ; as generated i. In 
the z:on?er 5^^/0/2, by the Dilatation of Vapours or Air 5 by 
a furcharge of the Atmofphere 3 by the Preffure of Clouds, 
or the Elaftical power of the Air. 2* From Earth or 
Seas^ as from Submarine or Sub-terraneal Eruptions; 
where he gives divers Hiftorical Inftances of Winds break- 
ing from under the Earth or Sea, and particularly of the 
famous Mafiarets in the Rivet of DGrdogne^ and the fudden 
Tumors in the Lake of Geneva. 3* By Defcenfipn from the 
Adidle Region ; where he makes their Gravity to be the 
Caufe of their Defcent, not their RepuUe from the Anti-^ 
perijlqfis of Contt2Lne$i ^ 
3. He ventures to explicate the Fluxes and Refluxes of 
the Air and Winds, and their Motions to feveral Quarters, 
aud thatj by the moft Violent Impulfe made that way 
where they find the medwm mpft. yielding, and fitteft to 
propagate their motions^ 
4. He gives the reafon, why fome wiDds blow with 
gricater violence than others > obferving,that thofe which 
are nearcfl: their Local Origins blow hardeft, efpecially fuch 
as are rje- informed by other auxiliary vapors as they 
pafs* 
J. Heconfiders the EJ/ential ySttribuie o( Winds to be 
their Tranfverfe Motion , and inquires into the various 
Caufcsofthefame^ difcourfing witball of the other 
eondarjf Affedions of Winds 5 as their Vndulation , ^per* 
(ujfton from Promontories , Oppofitm^ &c. Where he 
endeavors 
