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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 9

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  1. OF a c or d. And (0 oF the rest. This is thac wtrich
  2. IcaM Conernity and Inconeruitr.
  3. Nom as we Findthac musical srings willbe mored
  4. br Elnilons and Fighehs, and ocherharmonious chords,
  5. choush nocinthe lame degree; (odoI suppole that
  6. the particles of matter will bc mored principally by
  7. Tuch motions asare IInilons, 25 Imay call them, Or oF
  8. equal Velocier rich cheir motions, and by other har-
  9. monious motions in a lels degree.
  10. I do turcher suppose, A subtil matter that incom
  11. Passeth and pervades all other bodies, nrhich is the
  12. Menstruum in wrhich cher Cirim irtrich maincains and
  13. continues all such bodies in their motion, and irhich
  14. is themedium chat conrers ail Hlomogenious or Hlar-
  15. monical motions trom bodyto bodr.
  16. Further Iluxpose, chat al1 Cuch particles oF matter
  17. asarc ot a likenature, Wrhen not separated by others
  18. OE a ditterins nature will remain togethier, and
  19. Erenschenthe common Vibration oF them allagainst
  20. the differins Vibrations oE che ambiene bodies.
  21. Accordins to this Nocion I suxpole the irhole
  22. Elniverse and aII the particlesthereot cobe in a con-
  23. tinued motion, and every onc to take its Bhare ot
  24. space or room in the same, accordino to the bulk oF
  25. its bodr, or accordins to the particular porver
  26. ic hath to receire, and continue this or thac peculiar
  27. motion.
  28. Tiro or more ot thelepartieles jorned immediatelu
  29. together, and coalelcing into one become ot anocher
  30. nature, and receptire ot anocher degree ot motion
  31. ond Vibration, and make a compounded particle
  32. differins in nature trom cach OF the other par-
  33. ticles.
  34. AII bulky and sensible bodies whatsoerer I suppole
  35. tobe made up or compoled ot Tuch particles wrhich
  36. hare their peculiar and appropriate motions mhichare
  37. Kept cogether by thedifterins or distonant Vibrations
  38. Ot the ambient bodies or Auid.
  39. Accordino

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 9. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0015?run=74