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# Title: [Physica, Id Est, Scientia Rerum Corporearum, In Decem Tractatus Distributa] Physica, Id Est, Scientia Rervm Corporearvm, In Decem Tractatvs Distribvta (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 7:3-4; ZEN Leibn. Marg. 7:3-4)
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L. 1B. II. DE STELL1S.
cerco definiri non pocest, cum
ipsa Colis magnicudo ignOreTT:
CONETA verD deCrCTCUNE, vel Ma
ceria derractione, vel quia maioe
in plures minores distrahieur, vel
quia caloris ri, ex parce contu-
IIEuT.
10. Ouilquis rem hanc peniciis
insperie, vix sine ritu commen-
cum illorum excipie, qui volune,
praedictas maculas esse, vel nona
Eydera, vel anciqua, quae Cub Cole
a nobis videneur, ve non semet
Mercurius vitus est; sed cum ma-
culae in FaculaS COnverEanEUE, quis
de astris hoc dicere aulic 3 praete.
rea (ub medio sole astra non nal-
CuNEuT, nec incercune, remacula;
deinde nON ANGCNEUE, NeC minuUM.
cur, nec rna lella in plures, nec
plures inrnam abcuncideinde adhi.
bica celelcopii opera Colares macu-
lae non minus Coli adherere viden.
rur. quam lunares, Luna; denique
eadem macula Cemper redirct; dic.
11. Tlinc reiice nonnemine,
qui maculas intra Lunam collo.
canic; quod cerce quam ridicu-
lum sic, rix dici, aut credi porest;
peaelerrim cum nulla racione du-
ctus, nullo argumenco instructus,
Ced mero contradicendi Audio, il.
lud asterat, Sed quid Faceres hu-
iulmodi hominibus; patallarim
in cestimonium accertes; ip(i prO
se altumune; regularem norum
muleo dierum curtu comproba-
cum; ipsi obseruariones reiiciunt;
immo non defuit, qui Fallaciam
oculorum esfe diceret, de cerstalli
virium; quali vero maculas cry-
Ralli, a Colaribus, quilquis videt
probenon dilcernae; led cum hu-
inlimodi hominibus res mihi non
sumeneis quidquam sibi pertuade-
si sinune, quibus vericas ipla dis-
plicet, quae ab aliis indicacur; sed
quid peius iplis precariposses, quam
ve inobainaca indole diu perli
AanE; ee vero cam distincte vi-
deo praetacas maculas, Colari dilco
ineste, quam liceras, quas modo
Pingo, huic chaTEX.
12. Macula inmedio Colis dis-
comiaior apparet; quia Ccilicet vi-
decur Tub maiore angulo, quam
versiislimices, re claristime demon-
Arac Oprica; sed quia eadem de-
monstracio pro mocu maculae facie,
illam in lib. 3. remiero: hinc versus
limices maculae concrahi videneur;
hinc plures in camdem ire riden-
cur, quia Ccilicer spacia illa, quibus
rna ab alia dirimicur, Cab cam piruo
anoula videnEur, ve via alECrI CON=
iuncta ese videatur; hinc eciam
versus medium Colis discum rnam
in plures distrahi diceres, PrOpFCE
eandem racionem, hinc circa limi.
ces mâcula longior est; in medio ve-
rodilco, rocundioripro quo endem
est racio; nempe ( contrahas circu-
lum, lonoior ellyplis cuadec.
23. Ex macula, hc Facula; quia
Ccilicer accenditur, ve fuligo; c
enim corpus intlammabile; re iam
supra dixi; quod enim aliqui re-
currunc ad mucuam quamdam altro.
rum in Colem reactionem, vel
alium quemlibec incuxum, SFOC-
ce aliguor particulas eiuldem ma-
ceria excipias, vi Colaris caloris
exprestas, de eductas, aded Frino-
lum cAt, venulla refucacione indi-
geac; c90 pari iure, omnia ca-
lestia phaenomena eidem Acticie
actrorum reactioni cribuerem, quid
enim que loactra in Colem inAuerene,
est, qui nec experimentis, nec ar- vel agerent, et quinam esse postune
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