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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 23

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  1. OE the accelerated descendins motion, p bis thenthe
  2. Velocier rich rhich the body isttrot, and pis the
  3. Doint ot rest irhere che porrer. Ot Graviey begins to
  4. rork onthe body and make it descend. Noi dra-
  5. ing Lines parallel to agr, 255tu, st sires che Velo-
  6. ciey ot che point r’alcendins, and tn the Velocier oF
  7. chelame point t descending.
  8. Again, p b st signities chespace ascended, and pFn
  9. the Space descended, (0 that subtractine the descent
  10. tromtheascent rou havetheheioht abore thelincb d,
  11. theconsideration of this, and the equal proorels FOr-
  12. ards rill sire che incermediace Velocicies, and de-
  13. termine the points of the Parabola.
  14. No havins che factus siven by this Scheme ox
  15. Scale, appropriatedto theparticular Velocitr, irhere-
  16. with auy body is mored in this orthac line oF Incsi-
  17. nation, ic mill be calie to fnd miat Velocity in anv
  18. Inclination mill chro it to any length; Por in any
  19. Inclination as the (quare oE the Velocier thusfound in
  20. this Scale for any inclination is to the square oF any
  21. Ocher Velocier, (0 is the distance found by chis
  22. Seale to the distance anlverins tothe second Velo-
  23. city.
  24. Phare not nom time to inlarge upon this speculati-
  25. on, irhich rould aftord matter enough to AII a V0.
  26. lume, by irhich all the difticulties aboue impresed
  27. and receired motions, and the Velociries and effects
  28. relultins ould be casilr resolved.
  29. Norhareinom cime co mention the great number
  30. OF ules that are and may be made ot Springs in MC-
  31. chanick contrivances, but Mail only add, FhaEOF aII
  32. Springy bodiesthereis none comparable torhe Rir For
  33. ehe valtness oF its porver ot extention and contracti.
  34. On. Epon this Principle I remember to have scen
  35. lons sinee in Wadham Colledse, in the Carden oFthe
  36. lcarned Dr. Wilhins, late Bistop OF Chester, a P’oun-
  37. tain (o contrived as by the Sprins ot the included
  38. Aix tochrom up t0a greac heishe a larse and lactine
  39. Preard

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Lectures De Potentia Restitutiva, Or Of Spring, fol. 23. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/859264114:0029?run=74