Selected quad for the lemma: fire_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
fire_n	air_n	earth_n	element_n	11,896	5	9.9757	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85532	The Antiquity & excellency of globes. What a globe is, and of the circles without the globe, what the horizon is with the things described thereon, also what the meridian is, the poles, axes, houre circle and index. Moreover of the circles which are described on the supersicies of the globes; of the equinoctiall circle, zodiack, and eccliptick, of the tropicks, what the artick and antartick circles are; of the verticall circles, and quadrant of latitude, of the zones and their numbers of climates and paralels. All which are proper to the celestiall and terrestriall globes, with their uses, profitable for all that would be instructed in geography.		1653 (1653)	Wing G1524; Thomason E689_27; ESTC R206953	18,791	33

these Zones remaine almost unhabitable and even as the word is frozen The names of all these set in the right place of each Zone you shall see in that Meridian going about America and Magellanica Of the Climates IN that great meridian going about Europe Asia and Africa are described the Climates Now a Climate is a space of the Earth included within the space of two Parellels The use of them is to shew the difference of length and shortnesse of dayes over all the world as you may see in the midst of every climate set the number of the houres of the longest day in the year under that Climate the longest day in one Climate differing halfe an hour from the longest in another so that there are four and twenty Climates consisting of forty eight Parallels ere the day come to be twenty foure hours in length which is twelve houres longer then the ordinary Aequinoctiall day is Now this is to be understood Under the Aequinoctiall line and thirteen degrees that is three Parallels on either side thereof the dayes exceed not the length of twelve hours but after in every Clime increase the length of halfe an houre so that there are numbred as is said before 48 Parallels which make twenty four Climates before the dayes become twenty foure houres long the which length they being grown to their increase is then by whole weeks and months till in the four twentieth Clime about the Pole the day is full halfe a year long And it is thus between the equator and the North Pole so it is between the said Aequator and South Pole wherfore there are 2 sorts of Climes that is 24 Northerne and as many Southerne The Climates Northward are thus named the first is Dia Meroes because the middle Parallel thereof passes through the middest of the Inland Island Meroe in the Continent of Africa the second is Dia Sienes the third Dia Alexandrias the fourth Dia Rhodos the fifth Dia Romes the sixth Dia Ponton the seventh Dia Boristhenes the eighth Dia Ripheos the ninth Per Dianam The South Climes hath the same names save only that the word Anti is thereunto added as Anti Dia Meroes the next Anti Dia Sienes and so along to the ninth Southward further then the ninth Clime on either side the Aequinoctiall they are not named but yet the Climes run on both wayes to the number of twenty four as is seen in the Meridian That there be but nine named the reason is because when these names were given no more then nine Climats were knowne to those of ancient times but since though the number of them be increased to twenty four the rest are not knowne by proper names but remaine innominate In the two opposite poynts of this Meridian are fastned the two ends of an iron pin passing through the body of the Globe and its centre one of which ends is called the Artick or North pole of the world and the other the Antartick or South Pole and the pin it selfe is called the Axis for the Axis of the world is the Diamiter about which it is turned and the extreame ends of the Axis are called the Poles To either of these Poles when need shall require there is a certaine brasse Circle or ring to be fastned which Circle is divided into twenty four equall parts according to the number of the hours day and night and it is therefore called the houre Circle and this Circle is to be applyed to either of the Poles in such sort as that the section where twelve is described may precisely agree with the points of midday and midnight in the superficies of the true Meridian There is also another little pinne to be fastned to the end of the Axis in the very Center of the howre Circle this pin is so made as it turns about and poynteth to every of the twenty four sections in the hour Circle according as the Globe it selfe is moved about so that you may place the point of it to what houre you please The use of this hour-circle and Index is to denote the houres of the rising and setting of the Sun and other stars which must be pactised after this manner First you mnst set the Globe to your elevation or pole and then apply the degree of the signe in which the Sun at that time is to the Meridian and the Index to that 12 houres which is uppermost and so having thus done you must turne the Globe about till the degree wherein the Sun is come to the Easterne side of the Horizon which done the Index will point out the houre of his rising and if you turne it about to the West side you shall in like manner have the howre of his setting There is also belonging to the Meridian a quadrant of Altitude being made of a long thin plate of steel or brasse and fashioned crooked so that it may be applyed to the convexe superficies of the Globe And having the fourth part of the Circle in length and this Quadrant is made in such sort as that it may be fastned on the Meridian and so be applyed to the Zenith of any place whatsoever being divided from one end to the other into 90 equall parts or degrees There is besides at the foot of the Globe a Marriners Compasse placed which serves to shew how to place the Globe rightly according to the four winds or quarters of the world Besides these circles expressed in the Globe there are also some certaine other circles in familiar use with the Practicall Astronomers which they call verticall Circles these are greater Circles drawn from the verticall point through the Horizon in what number you please the office of these Circles is supplyed by the helpe of a Quadrant of altitude which is a thin plate of brasse divided into 90 degrees this Quadrant must be applyed to the vertex of any place when you desire to use it so that the lowest end of it noted with the number of 90 may just touch the Horizon in every place this Quadrant is made moveable that so it may be fastned to the verticall point of any place Of the Figure of the heavenly Orbes and Elements THe whole world is divided into two parts viz. Elementall and Etheriall or Coelestiall parts The Elementall part is four-fold viz. Earth water Aire Fire as may be seen in that round figure of the frame of the Heavens and Elements one within another the inmost and middlemost Circle containing Earth and water intermixed together the next the three Regions of the Aire and immediately above that Orbe is the Element of Fire all which you may easily discerne by their severall names in their proper places The Etheriall or Celestiall parts do compasse the Elementall part and contain the ten upper Spheares viz. 1 The Moon 2 Mercury 3 Venus 4 Sol 5 Mars 6 Jupiter 7 Saturne 8 the starry Firmament 9 the Christaline Heaven having no stars at all the 10. is the