Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 77
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- chouland eimes more srite chan Sound.
- Likerrise Cince che Farchs midale Diameter
- 15 7846 Mtiles, cach ot irhich concains
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- condor in a pulse ot an Arcery, sixceen and
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- chac in erery Second ir runs ac leact a hun-
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Philosophical Principles Of Natural Religion, fol. 77. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/797370323:0115?run=74