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... proportion , as 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . t , the spaces described will be as 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , & c . t . Thus a body , which falls by gravity through 16 feet in the first se- cond , will fall through 643 feet in two seconds , and so on ...
... proportion , as 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , & c . t , the spaces described will be as 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , & c . t . Thus a body , which falls by gravity through 16 feet in the first se- cond , will fall through 643 feet in two seconds , and so on ...
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... proportion to 321 feet , as that variable force is to the force of gravity . Then , because the force ' A body projected upwards , rises till it has lost all its motion ; which it does in the same time that a fall- ing body would have ...
... proportion to 321 feet , as that variable force is to the force of gravity . Then , because the force ' A body projected upwards , rises till it has lost all its motion ; which it does in the same time that a fall- ing body would have ...
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... proportion as it is further immers- but this appearing to him not suf - ed , are proofs of the elasticity of ficiently powerful to dissipate the the air contained in it . prejudices of the philosophers of the old school , he prevailed ...
... proportion as it is further immers- but this appearing to him not suf - ed , are proofs of the elasticity of ficiently powerful to dissipate the the air contained in it . prejudices of the philosophers of the old school , he prevailed ...
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... proportion to pears a multitude of exceeding the tube which contains the ball , small bubbles , like grains of fine and its density will be very little sand , dispersed through the fluid altered by expanding through the mass , and ...
... proportion to pears a multitude of exceeding the tube which contains the ball , small bubbles , like grains of fine and its density will be very little sand , dispersed through the fluid altered by expanding through the mass , and ...
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... proportion as the air is exhausted , and , at length , become totally obscure ; but on re- admitting the air , they presently recover it again . That a bell , on being struck , is not heard to ring , or very faintly . That water freezes ...
... proportion as the air is exhausted , and , at length , become totally obscure ; but on re- admitting the air , they presently recover it again . That a bell , on being struck , is not heard to ring , or very faintly . That water freezes ...
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