Selected quad for the lemma: earth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
earth_n	annual_a	proper_a	zone_n	19	3	13.3871	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A65672	A new theory of the earth, from its original to the consummation of all things wherein the creation of the world in six days, the universal deluge, and the general conflagration, as laid down in the Holy Scriptures, are shewn to be perfectly agreeable to reason and philosophy : with a large introductory discourse concerning the genuine nature, stile, and extent of the Mosaick history of the creation / by William Whiston ...	Whiston, William, 1667-1752.	1696 (1696)	Wing W1696; ESTC R20397	280,059	488

confuse_a fluid_a mass_n or_o congery_n of_o heterogeneous_a body_n suppose_v it_o be_v a_o comet_n atmosphere_n or_o any_o other_o such_o like_a irregular_a compositum_fw-la of_o mingle_a corpuscle_n in_o its_o formation_n be_v subject_a only_o to_o a_o annual_a motion_n about_o the_o sun_n without_o any_o diurnal_a rotation_n about_o a_o axis_n of_o its_o own_o the_o figure_n thereof_o will_v be_v that_o of_o a_o perfect_a sphere_n as_o from_o the_o uniform_a force_n of_o gravity_n and_o consequent_a equilibration_n of_o part_n on_o all_o side_n be_v easy_o demonstrable_a but_o if_o during_o its_o formation_n it_o have_v a_o diurnal_a rotation_n about_o a_o axis_n of_o its_o own_o the_o figure_n thereof_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o great_a velocity_n and_o consequent_a conatus_fw-la recedendi_fw-la à_fw-la centro_fw-la motus_fw-la diminish_v the_o force_n of_o gravity_n at_o the_o equatorial_n part_v will_v be_v that_o of_o a_o oblate_a sphaeroid_fw-fr such_o as_o a_o ellipsis_n 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country_n or_o region_n with_o the_o same_o exactness_n determine_v by_o geography_n xxxi_o the_o earth_n in_o its_o primitive_a state_n have_v only_o a_o annual_a motion_n about_o the_o sun_n but_o since_o it_o have_v a_o diurnal_a rotation_n upon_o its_o own_o axis_n also_o whereby_o a_o vast_a difference_n arise_v in_o the_o several_a state_n of_o the_o world_n xxxi_o this_o have_v be_v at_o large_a explain_v and_o priùs_fw-la prov'dalr_o eady_a xxxii_o upon_o the_o first_o commence_v of_o this_o diurnal_a rotation_n after_o the_o fall_n its_o axis_n be_v oblique_a to_o the_o plain_a of_o the_o ecliptic_a as_o it_o still_o be_v or_o in_o other_o word_n the_o present_a vicissitude_n of_o season_n spring_n summer_n autumm_n and_o winter_n arise_v from_o the_o sun_n access_n to_o and_o recess_n from_o the_o tropic_n have_v be_v ever_o since_o the_o fall_n of_o man._n xxxii_o this_o have_v in_o some_o measure_n be_v insist_v on_o already_o in_o the_o hypothesis_n last_o mention_v and_o 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