I don't know what the question is, and I'm guessing that you don't either. All I see here is two statements that disagree with each other. If 7w=87. then w is not 12. And if w=12 then. 7w is not 87.
Thales's theory about the cause of earthquakes is consistent with his hypothesis that earth floats upon water. It seems that he applied his floating on water simile to the natural phenomena of earthquakes. Aëtius recorded that Thales and Democritus found in water the cause of earthquakes