SJ.10
H Li i L O 0 U L li i Hi
Hos facias amplam frontis confiltere partem ,
Protinus, ut valido jun&x res glutine , liabunt.
'Quare non adeo cernas manifella, tenaces
Ipfo in contadu politas res efle, trahcntefque
Extendi vires contadum prorfus ad ipfum ;
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Namque eadem fiant etiam , fi forte repulfus
fa h u ju fcc fecun di p h a e n om e n i,
u tru m q u e n on ita cxp iicatur per
a ttr a d io n c m in ultim is m inim is
diftantiis ,
te
co n taftu , u t e x p li
cari non poffit per lim ites in te r rc-
pu lfio n em d ebitam diftantiis m i
n im is ,
te
a ttra ftio n e m in paulo
m a jo r ib u s , ubi m eam e o ru m ,
te
fim ilium p h aen om en o rum e x p lic a
tion em p r o p o n i t , q u a n im irum
o fte n d o , cur ubi corp us folidum
c o n frin g itu r , frufta ad fe iterum
a d m o ta ,n o n rurfus e an d em , q u am
prius h a b u e r a n t , c o h x fio n c m a c
q u ir a n t .
N im ir u m cum nullius corporis
fuperfieies in m ea th eoria fit co n
t in u a ,n u lla poteft cfie accurate le
vis , q u o d m u lto m a g is a c c id it ,
ub i fo lid u m co rp us c o n frin g itu r
au<fta fu p erficierum afperitate ex
c o i p f o , q u o d a lix p a rtic u lx m i
n us adhaerentes feparen tur p r iu s ,
aliae,qux m a g is adhaerebant,pofte-
rius. D u m frufta illa , vel illa bina,
polita m a r m o r a a p p rim u n tu r in v i
ce m 5 a liq u x p a rticu lx p ro m in e n
tes non fo lu m a d v e n iu n t ad eos
lim ites , in quibus h a b e re tu r co-
h aefio, fed e xc u rru n t ulterius ad
m i n o r e s , i n q u ib u s jam h abetur
repulfio , adeoque rtfiftu n t ulte
rio ri a c c c f i u i , n cc p e rm ittu n t aliis
a cceffum ad lim ites ipfos c o h x fio -
n is .C o h x fio n on acqu iritu r,n i fi ubi
fu p e ra ta e ju fm o d i refiftcntia , ad-
d u f t x jam fint p lu r im x p a rtic u lx
ad lim ites c o h x fio n i d e b i t o s . In
N c v v t o n i fententia c o h x fio eo eft
m a j o r , q u o ad plures c o n ta ftu s
d e v e n tum f i t : in m ea th eoria eo
m a jo r, q u o fit d ev en tum ad plures
diftantias lim itis debiti c o h x f i o n i ;
Ipfa
in utraque ncccfiaria eft vis illata
ad hoc , ur d eveniatur ad co h x fio -
nem , q u x ca vi adhibita d em um
acquiritur. Q u a r e ex puris p h x n o
m enis , e folis ideis, q u x a p h x
n om en is ipfis e xcita n tur in n o b is ,
nihil h a b e m u s ', quod nos deducat
potius ad N c v v to n ia n a m attradtio-
n em in co n ta & u , quam ad m ros
lim ites co h xfio n is ortos e tranfitu
a rcpulfionc debira m in im is d i
ftantiis ad attractio n em debitam
p aulo m a jo r ib u s .
En autem , quid dc h o c a rg u
m en to in eadem illa veteri m ea
diflertation c pofucrim n um e ro 44.
„ ubi autem dirupta fuerit m a f-
„ fa foJida ; p a rtic u lx a lix pau-
,, Io altius e m in e b u n t , a lix fub-
,, fident tum o b e xigu um aliquod
„ diferim en a d h x u o n is, tum quod
,, vis avellens non eodem prorfus
„• m o d o fingulis particulis avel-
, , lendis app licata f u e r i t . T u m
, , vero fi iterum m alla avu lfa f i t ,
,, illx p a r t ic u lx ,q u x m ax im e pro-
,, m in en t , deven ient ad pristinos
„ lim ites ante alias , co fq u e p r x -
,, te rgre flx , ac jam in litu rcpul-
, , fionjs c o n ft it u t x , ncc ip fx ul-
, , terius ad fe in vicem a p p rim e n -
„ do a c c e d e n t, nec illud p e rm it-
,, tcn t.j ut re liq u x fuos priftinos
„ limites accuncrcnt .*Q u a r e m a*
,, nebit a d h x u o p erquam e x ig u a ,
, ,
te
facillim e v in c e n d a , a tq u e
, , in fe n fib ilis . A t fi m a llx u triu f-
„ que fuperfieies fatis com p la -
„ n e n t u r , fieri a p prim en do po-
, , t e r i t , uc m u lt x fim ul p a rtic u lx
„ deven ian t ad lim ites fatis fir-
„ m o s ,
te
tenacitatem m ax im a m
„ acqu iran t m a fix ip f x ♦ id au-
