Ordinibus
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muIcis elementorum ,omne coortum cft
Hoc ,quodcumque vides; pundorum ardiflimus ordo
Eft prior, & longe tenuiffinuis; aedificatur
-AIter ab hoc porro, dein alter, & alter, & ufque
Laxior, & fpatiis maioribus amplior omnis ;
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Donec corpora , quas nofmct fentirequeamus ,.
Confillant, adeo diverfis praeditaformis,
Et variis adeo rebus mutata modifbue.
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P H I L O S O P H I A E
Porro 1 nulla quies eft ul
b e n e fatisfiert per fianc th eo
riam .
1 Q u x pertinent ad d iverfos
o rd in e sp a rticu larum dixim us jam
p lu rib u s in lo c i s . P rim u s o rd o
con ftituerur p er p u n d a collocata
in diftantiis p erq u am exigu is , &
in fortiffim is lim it ib u s : fecundi
ord in is p a rtic u la n on p o te ru n t
a cccdcre ad particulas prim i nifi
ad eas diftantias , in quibus n im i
ru m a d i o cujufvis p 1.1n d i alterius
p a r tic u lx in o m n ia p u n d a p arti
c u lx alterius fit ad fen fum eadem .
T u m particula fecunda p rim am
p o terit prbm o ve re, v el retrahere,
p o te ru n t b in x illam c o h ib e re in
q u ad am d eterm in ata pofitione rc-
f p e d u ipfarum per vim in l a t u s ,
led n o n p oterun t d id o l v c r e , ad
q u am d iflolution cm requiritur a c
tio in x q u a lis in p u n d a c o m p o
n en tia particulam d ifT o lvcn d am . ’
E o d e m p a d o difficile q u idem , fed
m in u s d iffic u lte r, p a rtic u lx fe
cun di ordinis d iflolven tur p er a c
tio n e m in x q u a lc m in d u d a m in
particulas prim i eas com p o n en tes,
Sc
ita p o r ro h ab eb itur progrcfTus
p e r lo n g a m fortaflc feriem o rd i
n u m a l t i o r u m , d on ec d even iatur
ad h x c n oftra c o r p o r a , in q u ibu s
q u o tid ie cernim us d iflolu tion es,
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com pofitioties n o v a s . O m n ia
ca pen d en t a n atura arcu um cur
va: p r im ig e n ix ,
Sc
a c e d lu ad m o
lem diflolvendam m a jo re ,v e l m i
n o re r c f p e d u d ifta n tix p a rticu la
ru m ip ia m co n fticu cn tium
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v i
is , quotquot in omni
Sum-
cujus a d i o in cafd cm particulas
evadet in x a u a lis tam m a g n itu d i
ne , q u am d ir e d io n e .
1 Facile c o lligitu r ex iis , q u x
d id a f u n e , id , q uod hic N o ft c r
m o n e t , n ullam h aberi o m n in o
q u ietem in N a tu r a , q u o d q u id em
vel folius N c v v c o n ia n x gra v ita tis
generalis eft c o n f e d a r i u m , vi c u
jus ad m o tu m cujufvis m u fe x m o
ven tu r om n ia prorfus corp ora in
N a tu ra . Q u o d v is p u n d u m m a
te rix h a b e re d ebu it a prim a' fu i
o r i g i n e , & fi h x leges d urenr,
per toram x te r n ita te m h abebie
fem per u n icum m o t u m , de q u o
Sc
alibi e g i m u s , co n tin u u m ,
Sc
v aria tum u n ifo rm i v a r ia t io n e ,
quem m o tu m d eterm in aret , q u i
no(Tet n atu ram legis virium , five
d u d u m c u r v x ipfarn e xp rim en tis,
nofTet n u m e ru m p u n d o r u m , ip
fius p ofition em ,
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velocitatem
j
ac d ir e d io n e m m otus in itialem
,Sc
fatis h ab eret m e n tis , ac G e o m c -
t r ix ad fo lve n d um illud o ro b lcm a
n obis h om in ib u s p ro rfu s im per
vium , q u o iis datis q u x r a t u r m o
tus fin gu lo rum p u n d o r u m .
P o rro cum m otu s u n ifo rm is ,
ac vel re d ilin e u s , vel c ir c u la r is ,
vel p a r a b o lic u s , aut cllipticus,auc
alius q u ivis in curvis nobis c o g n i
tis , fit u n us ex perquam e x ig u o
ca fu u m n um e ro co n tra infinitica
in fin itum n um erum casuum a lio
rum 5 erit utique q uivis cx iis in -
finities im probabilis infinitate o r
dinis a d m o d u m fu b lim is ; u b i
