[206] Vol. xlviii.

[207] No error arises from considering the triangles E A e and AEH, as being formed on the surface of a sphere, tho' the earth itself is not accurately such. The angle (E A a) representing the effect of the solar force, is properly referred to the surface of a sphere; therefore (after the measure thereof is truly determined) the figure AP ap is itself taken as a sphere, in order to avoid the trouble of introducing a new scheme.

[208] Part I. p. 161.

[209] Page 806.

[210] See [Tab. XVII.] where this specimen is exactly delineated.

[211] This is likewise called the Malacca Bean, from its growing in great plenty on that coast, near the equinoctial line.

[212] See above, p. [356].

[213] Page 887.

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