3 7 i
Scilicet unde magis compulfa trahetur, & a qua
Illam parte magis vis inclinata propellet.
Dum properae, fac vitra quoque illa parte recedant 685
Paulatim , curfus paulatim lentior e x it,
Silletur demum vitris diftantibus reque.
Hrec ergo in fpatiis brevibus v ig e t, hifque minutis
Elicitur vis ufque potentior, in minimifquc clt
Maxima, ut ipfam vim gravitatis vincere po ffit,
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Ut docui multis exemplis, fornice fcabro
Ut quoque gutta docet fpcluncre e fornice pendens,
Utque ,1 tubos in tra , circum oras cclfior unda,
Concavaque in medio . A li argenti pondera vivi
L I B E R D E C I M U S .
Sunt depreua oras circum ,
adeo m u ltip licem to t d iv e rs o ru m
corp orum v a rie ta tem .
N o s
ii ic p r o p o n e m u s lo c u m
N e v v t o n i , in q u o ip fu m exp e ri
m en tu m e x p o n it : Uc a u te m h a
b e t.
^ Si d u x p l a n x ,
Sc
p o l it x
*y
v itri la m in x
u n c ia s ternas ,
aut q u a te rn a s la t x ,
Sc
v ice n a s
,, aut v ic cn asq u in as l o n g x , ita dis-
j
y
p o n a n tu r , u t c a ru m altera n o ri-
y,
z o n ti parallela ja c e a t, a ltera a u -
,, te m e i ita fu p e rp o n a tu r, u t e a -
,, rum e xtrem itate s a lt e r x fc in te r
y
, fc c o n tin g a n t, a n g u lu m q u c c ir-
„ citer i o , a u t
i f
m in u t o r u m
„ c o n t in e a n t ; h a r u m ^a u tem Ia-
,, m in a ru m facies in te rio re s ; lin -
,, tco m u n d o in m a li a u rei o lc -
„ u m ,v e l fp iritum tc r c b y n t h in u m
„ in tin cto prius m a d e fia n t ,
8c
y,
d einde olei iftius , fiv e fp iri-
, , tus g u t t a u n a , vel a lte ra in v i-
„ tri in fe rio ris e x tr e m u m id ,q u o d
yy
a d i d o a n g u lo m a x im e d ifte t
,
„ d e m it t a t u r ; u t i q u e , fim u l p t i-
*y
m u m a c vitri la m in a fu p e rio r
„ in fe rio ri ita fu p c rp b fita fit ,
yy
u t ca m ( q u o m o d o fu p ra d i-
„ d u m eft
)
a ltera fui e x trem ita r
a, te c o n t in g a t , altera a u te m g u t -
tam , c o n tin e n s n im ir u m c u m
„ in fe rio r i v itro a n g u lu m c irci-
medioque tumeicunt:
695
A a 2
For-
, , ter 10 a u t 15 m in u t o r u m 5 g u t -
„ ta c o n tin u o c a in fe in p a rte m ,
,, q u a parte b i n x l a m in x c o n -
yy
tin g u n t in te r f c , m o v e re in -
„ c i p i c c , m o t u q u e fe rri p e rg et
,, p e rp etim a c c e le ra to , u fq u e d u m
ad ip fu m v it r o r u m c o n c u r lu m
„ p c r y c n i a t . E te n im b in a v itra
,, g u tta m a ttr a h u n t *, cfficiu n t-
,, q u e , uc e a illo m o v e a t u r ,
*,
q u o a tt r q d io n c s v e r g a n t. Q u o d
„ fi d um g u t t a p ro re p it , v itr o -
, , r u m
in te r c a e x tr e m ita s i l l a ,
„
q u a c o n t in g u n t in te r fc , Sc q u o
**
v e r fu m g u t t a fe r tu r , e le v c -
„ tu r ; ja m in t e r v itra furfurn-
, , v erfu s a d rep ee g u t t a , ac p ro -
, , in d e m o v e t u r a c c r a d i o n c . E t
j
y
p r o e o a c v it r o r u m e x tr e m u m ii*
, , Iud, q u o in te r fe c o n t ig u n t , m a -
„ g i s m a g i f q u c c lc v e c u r jg u t ta car-
, , d i u s u fq u e , & a d h u c tardius
, , a f e e n d e t , & ta n d e m plan e q u i-
, , c f c c c , d e o r fu m n im ir u m p o n -
, , d e r c fu o d e la ta ta n tu m , q u a n -
,, tu p i a t t r a d i o n c fu r fu m v e rfu s .
„ A tq u e h o c p a & o in t c llig i p o -
„
t c f t , q u a dTcraum v i a te ra h a -
yy
tu r g y t t a , in* o m n ib u s a c o n -
„ c u r fu v i t r o r u m i n t e r v a l l i s . ,,
1 P r o fe rt a liu d e x p e rim e n tu m ,
q u o fibi v i a m fte rn a t ad v im re-
p u lfiv a m a t t r a d i v x ia c c c d c n t c m
