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“ yet becaufe we find that the Land is very near of the 
“ fame Figure with the Sea (only rais'd a little higher 
u that it might not be overflow’d) compofing with it 
ce the fame Solid, and I have already ffiew’d that the 
“ Surface of the Ocean is fpheroidical and not fpherical, 
“ there is no doubt to be made, but that the Land was 
tc form’d into the fame Figure by its wife Creator at the 
<c Beginning of the World, for if it were otherwife, then 
ct wou’d the Land towards the Equator have been over- 
<c flow’d with Water, which, as 1 have already prov’d, 
“ mud have been higher at the /Equator than at the 
Ci Poles ; and therefore the Sea wou’d rife there and 
u fpread itfelf like an Inundation upon all the Land.” 
To make an End of this long Differtation, let us in a 
few Words compare the Experiments and Obfervations 
made ufe of to confirm each of the Opinions above- 
mentioned. 
To p rove Monf. Cuffin'? s Figure of the Earth , we 
mud take the Altitude of a Star nearer than to z Seconds; 
becaufe z Seconds anfwer to 3xToifeson the Surface of 
the Earth, and the Difference of the Length of Degrees 
is but 31. And what is more, we mud take this Angie 
with an Indrument of 3 9 Inches Radius • becaufe the 
10 Foot Sedor was only us’d at the Ends of the two 
Parts of the Meridian. 
To difprove Monf. Cajfm'i’s Hypothecs , we need 
only obferve whether a Plumb-Line makes an Angle of 
of 5 Minutes with a Perpendicular to the Surface ofdag- 
nant Waters, or Lines of Level. 
To prove Monf. Cajfini's Opinion , the Height of 
a great many Mountains mud be accurately meafur’d 
by Trigonometry, which Mathematicians have always 
found very difficult. 
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