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Reason why the Ante-delulvians lived longer than we do. 
No rains, tempest, &c but apetual Spring, before the flood. 
Plants, by means of Vapour, will grow without earth. 
Copper & Brass Vessels pernicious 
Dew [[underline]] ascends [/underline]] only.
Projectiles proved not to describe Parabolas. 
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On the Measure of a degree in S. Latitude.
[[underline]] M. De la Caille  [[/underline]], "determined a distance of 410814 feet from a place called [[underline]] Klip - Fonteyn [[/underline]] to the [[underline]] Cape of Good Hope [[/underline]], by means of a base of 38802 feet three times actually measured: whence he discovered a new secret of nature, viz, that the radij of the parallels in south latitude are not the same as those of the corresponding parallels in north latutude. About the thirty third degree of south latitude he found a degree on the meridian to contain 342222 [[underline]] Paris [[/underline]] feet." between the years 1751 & 1754.
General (Martin's) Mag. Apr. 1764. in the Life of [[underline]] De la Caille, [[/underline]] p. 180.

Derivation of several ASTRONOMICAL and GEOGRAPHYCIAL TERMS.
ÆQUATOR or ÆQUINOCTIAL, because the sun coming to this Circle [[underline]] tunc æquantur Noctes & Dies. [[/underline]]
AMPHISCIANS,  ἀμφὶ  [[underline]] utrinque [[/underline]], and σκιὰ  umbra.  
ANTIPODES, ἀντὶ [[underline]] contra [[/underline]] and  [[strikethrough]] ὀῖκος habitatio. p [[/strikethrough]] πόδες  [[underline]] pedes. [[/underline]]
ANTOICI, ἀντὶ [[underline]] contra [[/underline]] and ὀῖκος habitatio.
ARTIC, ἄρκτος [[underline]] ursa [[/underline]]; and ANTARCTIC, ἀντὶ  [[underline]] contra [[/underline]], and ἄρκτος [[underline]] ursa [[/underline]].
ASTRONOMY, ᾿Αϛονομία  [[underline]] Astrorum Distributio [[/underline]].
AXIS, ἀγω  [[underline]] duco [[/underline]]; quia circa illum Terra ducitur.
CLIMATE, κλίμα [[underline]] Declinatio [[/underline]], or [[underline]] Inclinatio [[/underline]].
CŒLESTIAL, [[underline]] Cœlum [[/underline]].
COLURES, κόλ8ροι Caudâ mutili (from κόλoς mutilus, and ᾿8ρά Cauda) quia imperfecte omnibus, qui sub Æquinoctiali ---- non sunt, et tanquam [[underline]] Caudâ procisâ [[/underline]] appareant.
CONTINENT, [[underline]] Contineo [[/underline]].
(*) GEOGRAPHY, γῆ [[underline]] Terra [[/underline]] & γραφή [[underline]] Descriptio [[/underline]].
GULPH, in Latin is [[underline]] Sinus [[/underline]] quia sinu suo Mare complectitur.
HETEROCIANS, ἕτερος  [[underline]] alter [[/underline]] and σκιὰ [[underline]] umbra [[/underline]].
HORIZON, ὁπίζων terminans; quia nostrum terminat Prospectum.
ISLAND, in Latin [[underlined]] Insula, quasi in Salo.
ISTHMUS, ἐισίημι [[underline]] ingredior [[/underline]].
A LAKE, λάκκος Fossa
MERIDIAN, [[underline]] Meridies [[/underline]].
MOUNTAIN, Mons a [[underline]] Monendo [[/underline]]
OCEAN, ὠκέανος  ex ὠκέως  [[underline]] cito [[/underline]] & νάω fluo.
PENINSULA quasi [[underline]] pene Insula [[/underline]].
PERISCIANS, περὶ[[underline]] circa [[/underline]] and σκιὰ  [[underline]] umbra [[/underline]].
PERIOICI, περὶ [[underline]] circum [[/underline]] ὀῖκος habititio [[/underline]].
POLES, πολέω [[underline]] verto [[/underline]].
PROMONTRY quasi [[underline]] promontorium [[/underline]] vel Mons in Mare prominens.
A RIVER, ῥεω [[underline]] fluo [[/underline]].
SEA, Salum a [[underline]] Sale [[/underline]] quia salsum.
SOLISTICE, [[underline]] Sol [[/underline]] the sun & [[underline]] Stare [[/underline]] to stand.
A STRAIT, in Latin [[underline]] Fretum [[/underline]] a ferves quod ibi [[underline]] ferveat [[/underline]] Mare propter Angustiam.
TERRAQUEOUS, [[underline]] Terra [[/underline]] the [[underline]] earth [[/underline]] & [[underline]] Aqua [[/underline]] the water.
TROPICS, τρέπω [[underline]] verto [[/underline]].
ZODIAC, ζῶoν [[underline]] Animal, [[/underline]] because it's 12 signs are represented by Animals.
ZONES, ζῶνη [[underlined]] Cingulum [[/underlined]].
(*) ECLIPTIC, ἐκλέιπειν [[underline]] Deficere [[/underline]] because in & about it happen all the Defects and Eclipses both of the Sun and Moon. 

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All Greek and Latin should be correct, spelling mistakes in all languages SHOULD be from the original MS. If any of the Greek characters look wrong, leave me a note here and I will fix them. The "8" is a special character and is intentional where it comes up. In one or two cases, the way Mary wrote out the Greek is incorrect by modern standards, and I was unable to recreate them (e.g. ὀῖκος) ~M.E.S. Notes on editing some spaces between [[]] text [[]] [[margin notes]] edited by moving. Added &c tree to three radii to radij Tossa to Fossa (ink blot obscuring F?) Cauda to Caudâ vérto to verto (it was a comma above)