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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 16

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  1. excecdinq small, its motion (to makre its ballance wich
  2. the rest ot the carthy bodies) is exccedins Cwitt, and
  3. its Vibratire Spaces exccedins large, comparatire to
  4. the Vibratire Spaces oF other terrestrial bodies.
  5. Cuppose that oF the Air next the Farth in its natural
  6. Cate max bc8000. times greater than that oF Stecl,
  7. andabore a thouland times greater thanthat ot com-
  8. monrater, and proportionablr I suppole that its mo-
  9. tion mustbe cioht chouland times Crilter chanthe FOr-
  10. mer. and above a chouland cimes Cwilter thanthe la-
  11. ter. TF chcretore a quantier of this bodp be inclosed
  12. braColid bodr, and that bc lo contrived as to com-
  13. prelsit into lels room, the morion thereot (supposins
  14. cheheacthe Came) will continue the lame, and con-
  15. sequenty thevibrations and Occurtions will be in-
  16. ercaled in reciprocal proportion, that is, it ic bc
  17. Condenscd into hale the space the Vibrations and
  18. Occurtions will be double in number: IF into a quar-
  19. ter the Vibrations and Occursions will bc qua-
  20. druple, esc.
  21. Again IF the conteining Vessel be s0 contrived a5
  22. toleare it more space, the lenothof che Vibrations
  23. ill be proportionably inlarged, and the number ot
  24. Vibrations and Occursions willbe reciprocally dimi-
  25. nistred, that is, it it be suffered to extend cotmice its
  26. Former dimensions, its Vibrations Will be trrice a5
  27. lonr and the number of its Vibrations and Occurs-
  28. ons will De terver by halF, and consequener its indea-
  29. vours ontmard willbe alomeatter by haIF.
  30. Thele Explanations will serve mulatis mutandis For
  31. explainins che Sprins oF any otter Body Whaclo.
  32. ever.
  33. Tenom remains, that I Pem how the constitutions
  34. oF sprinoy bodies beins Tuch, the Vibrations oF a
  35. Spring, or a Body moved by a Spring, cqually and
  36. unitormiy Mall bc oE equal duration hecher they be
  37. greater Ox lels.

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 16. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0022?run=74