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# Title: [Rationes Mathematicae Mercatoris subductae Anno MDCLIII] Rationes Mathematicæ Mercatoris subductæ Anno MDCLIII. (shelfmark Leibn. Marg. 96)
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quod emitterent quotannis nos autem absq ulla caelesti-
um, ut quae supranos, adeoque nihil ad nos, cura indiem
victuri essemus; quemadmodum ubi deficiunt epheme-
rides, quas non nisi in paucos annos concinnatashabe-
mus, omnes caelu rationes admodum feliciter ienora-
mue Duidcausa esse credimus? nisi quia obruuntur
discentes multitudine rerum, quae nihil adrem faciunt.
e
Cs varis anfractibus circumducuntur? Duorsum
enim pertinet cum, cuinon vacat atatem instudiotam
prolixo consumere; sed ad alia, quae reds raan Dila magis
Caciant, properandum est. Locistica primum Sexaze-
naria, tum Euclideis demonstrationibus, mox Ptolemai-
eis traditionibus imbuere, quibus jam accuratissime
perceptis nihilo proxius absit à fine sue (qui est motus
ad quodlibet tempus oblatum exhibere) quam cum
primum inciperet? Frco jam novis opus est hypothe-
sibus, atque his superstruenda tabula. Cs harum denique
usus larea praeceptorum manu inculcandus; cum ne-
electis istis omnibus paucularum horarum impendio
quilibet, quod optat, multo rectius obtinere possit.
Duoad autem ista sic fient, nemini mirum videri de-
bet, cur ex mille auditoribus vix tandemunus scopum
attineat, neque id tamen, nisi Marte suoviam, qu’a nemo
duxit, neressus. Oportet autem quemlibet instituti
sui rationem nosse; ne quis haec ideo me dicere putet,
quasi non Euelidem maximi faciam, aut Etolemaum
Vene.