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Chapter 3

           Andthus,bychangingthesituationofthestone,asoftenasthereisoccasion,theislandismadetoriseandfallbyturnsinanobliquedirection,andbythosealternaterisingsandfallings(theobliquitybeingnotconsiderable)isconveyedfromonepartofthedominionstotheother.

           Butitmustbeobserved,thatthisislandcannotmovebeyondtheextentofthedominionsbelow,norcanitriseabovetheheightoffourmiles.Forwhichtheastronomers(whohavewrittenlargesystemsconcerningthestone)assignthefollowingreason:thatthemagneticvirtuedoesnotextendbeyondthedistanceoffourmiles,andthatthemineral,whichactsuponthestoneinthebowelsoftheearth,andintheseaaboutsixleaguesdistantfromtheshore,isnotdiffusedthroughthewholeglobe,butterminatedwiththelimitsoftheking’sdominions;anditwaseasy,fromthegreatadvantageofsuchasuperiorsituation,foraprincetobringunderhisobediencewhatevercountrylaywithintheattractionofthatmagnet.

           Whenthestoneisputparalleltotheplaneofthehorizon,theislandstandsstill;forinthatcasetheextremitiesofit,beingatequaldistancefromtheearth,actwithequalforce,theoneindrawingdownwards,theotherinpushingupwards,andconsequentlynomotioncanensue.

           Thisloadstoneisunderthecareofcertainastronomers,who,fromtimetotime,giveitsuchpositionsasthemonarchdirects.Theyspendthegreatestpartoftheirlivesinobservingthecelestialbodies,whichtheydobytheassistanceofglasses,farexcellingoursingoodness.

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