Chap. 26.—Folio 231.
TReats of the LIGHT, HEAT, COLD, and RAINS, in divers parts of the Earth, or Zones, with other Properties of the Zones, as the Seasons of the Year, and the [ 40] reason thereof. That in the places in the Tem∣perate and frigid Zones, the Seasons of the Year, are almost equal, consisting of an equal number of Days; But in the places of the Tor∣rid Zone, they are unequal. In places of the Torrid Zone, as the Sun by Day is very near the Vertex, so on the contrary by Night he is be∣neath the Horizon, and very much removed from the Vertex of those places; so that those places by Night, lie almost in the middle Shadow of the [ 50] Earth; neither can the Air possibly any ways be warmed by the Suns Rays by frequent reflect∣ion. In places of the Frigid Zone as the Sun by Day is not very nigh the Vertex, so by Night he doth not profoundly remain beneath the Ho∣rizon; but for the greatest part of the Night doth so turn round beneath the Horizon, that many Rays from him by reflection do penetrate into the Air. And in places in the Temperate Zone, as the Sun by Day cometh to the Vertex, of those [ 60] places by a moderate vicinity, so by Night by an easy distance he is depressed beneath the Horizon; so that some Rays at least are in the Air. In Places of the Torrid Zone the Twilights are small, very long in those of the Frigid, and moderate in those of the Temperate Zone. Rea∣sons given to shew how the four Seasons of the Year are made, and behave themselves, and in what Months of the Year they commence in the divers places of the Zones.