and in South Latitudes, to the Southward thereof? 6. Why in these Seas of China there should be so great an Inclination from the East to the North, more than elsewhere? with many more, which it would be much easier
But lest I should seem to propose to others, Difficulties which I have not thought worth my own Time and Pains, take here the result of an earnest Endeavour after the true reason of the aforesaid Phænomena; wherein if I am not able to account for all Particulars, yet 'tis hoped the Thoughts I have spent thereon, will not be judged wholly lost, by the Curious in Natural Enquiries.
Wind is most properly defined to be the Stream or Current of the Air, and where such a Current is perpetual and fixt in its Course, 'tis necessary that it proceed from a permanent un-intermitting Cause. Wherefore some have been inclin'd to propose the diurnal Rotation of the Earth upon its Axis , by which, as the Globe turns Eastwards, the