New Philosophy of Our Sublunary World

OF CHAPTERS.

5. On the Eastern Winds. 265
6. On the Southern Winds. ibid.
7. On the Northern Winds. 266
8. On the Western Winds. ibid.
9. On Meteorological Observations of the years. 267
10. On the Rainbow original: Iride. 270
11. The second arc is not the image original: idolum of the first, which can be demonstrated appropriately in mirrors. 270
12. On the arc or the Rainbow. 271
13. On the colors and positions of the Rainbow. 273

BOOK FIVE.

CHAPTER I.

On Observations of Springs. Page 277
2. On springs. 278
3. On the disappearance of springs and their various differences, and the change of lands by waters. 282
4. On certain temporary springs. 284
5. Springs from mountains and why. ibid.
6. On the causes of mountains. 292
7. On the sea, water, and tartar In early modern science, "tartar" referred to the stony sediment or mineral crust precipitated from fluids.. 293
8. On the saltiness of the sea. 294
9. What the true cause of the sea's saltiness may be. 297
10. On the tide of the sea, its flow and ebb original: fluxu & refluxu. 298

11. Observations pertaining to the tide of the sea. 300
12. Observations of the flow of the sea. 302
13. Which Moon, or what point of the heavens causes the flow, and what causes the ebb. 303
14. The Moon does not move the seas by its light, neither its own, nor that borrowed from the Sun. 304
15. The line of the horizon is of no importance, just as the circles of positions are worth nothing in distinguishing the times of the tides. 305
16. The cause of the flow and ebb of the sea is the motion of the earth and its daily revolution, just as it is of the Moon Gilbert argues that the Earth's own rotation is a primary driver of tidal movement, a theory he developed alongside his work on magnetism.. 306
17. The cause of the variations of flow and ebb in the sea from the Moon at the meridian. 310
18. On the variety of the flow, etc. 311
19. Why larger tides occur at the full moon and new moon than at the quarters. 312
20. On the tide of springs. 313
21. Questions to be discussed by those skilled in nautical matters, so that the cause of the flow and ebb in the sea may be more certainly known. 314
22. That stones are generated in a short time, and on the swift metamorphosis of things into stones. 315
On the state of the air and its secret foreknowledge. GG.

Page 13, line 6: read fathoms original: orgyas; a measurement of length based on outstretched arms.. ibid. line 23: fantastic. p. 14, l. 5: Ocellus. p. 16, l. 20: judgment. ibid. l. 26: and transparent, etc. p. 50, l. 11: delete. p. 86, l. 16: fluid. p. 104, l. 8: and coherence. p. 120, l. 25: color. p. 133, l. 32: they cover. p. 134, l. 1: steps. ibid. l. 16: suitably. ibid. l. 32: more likely. p. 198, l. 32: truly. p. 209, l. 5: of transparency. p. 227, l. 14: pushed. p. 236, l. 12: Albategnius The Latinized name of the Arab astronomer Al-Battani.. ibid. l. 16: to Digges Likely referring to the English astronomer Thomas Digges.. p. 238, l. 10: they judge. p. 242, l. 3: our earth is adorned. p. 256, l. 33: about to do business. p. 263, l. 9: Caecias The northeast wind.. p. 278, l. 18: it shall have fallen. ibid. l. 21: it may pass through. p. 299, l. 25: he would not give out. p. 304, l. 1: let it be made by the Moon. p. 311, l. 18: the arriving waters. p. 312, l. 19: in the quarters.