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globe, what would happen to the water?
It would remain in a sphere round that centre equally thick, but the
sphere would have a smaller diameter than when it enclosed the
earth.
[Footnote: Compare No. 896, lines 48-64; and No. 936.]
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62.
Supposing the earth at our antipodes which supports the ocean were
to rise and stand uncovered, far out of the sea, but remaining
almost level, by what means afterwards, in the course of time, would
mountains and vallies be formed?
And the rocks with their various strata?
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63.
Each man is always in the middle of the surface of the earth and
under the zenith of his own hemisphere, and over the centre of the
earth.
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64.
Mem.: That I must first show the distance of the sun from the earth;
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