Galilei, Galileo, Mechanics, 1665

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              wherewith it ſelf doth move; which we affirm abſolutely to be
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              impoſſible to be done with any Machine imaginable. </s>
              <s>But becauſe
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              it may ſometimes come to paſſe, that having but little Force, it is
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              required to move a great Weight all at once, without dividing it
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              in pieces, on this occaſion it will be neceiſary to have recourſe to
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              the Machine, by means whereof the propoſed Weight may be
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              transferred to the aſſigned Space by the Force given. </s>
              <s>But yet
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              this doth not hinder, but that the ſame Force is to move, meaſuring
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              that ſame Space, or another equall to it, as many ſeverall times as
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              it is exceeded by the ſaid Weight. </s>
              <s>So that in the end of the a­
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              ction we ſhall ſind that we have received from the Machine no
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              other benefit tnen only that of tranſporting the ſaid Weight with
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              the given Force to the Term given, all at once. </s>
              <s>Which Weight,
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              being divided into parts, would without any Machine have been
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              carried by the ſame Force, in the ſame Time, through the ſame
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              Intervall. </s>
              <s>And this ought to paſſe for one of the benefits taken
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              from the Mechanicks: for indeed it frequently happens, that be­
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              ing ſcanted in Force but not Time, we are put upon moving great
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              Weights unitedly or in groſſe: but he that ſhould hope, and at­
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              tempt to do the ſame by the help of Machines without increaſe of
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              Tardity in the Moveable, would certainly be deceived, and would
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              declare his ignorance of the uſe of Mechanick Inſtruments, and
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              the reaſon of their effects.</s>
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              <s>Another benefit is drawn from the Inſtruments, which depend­
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              eth on the place wherein the operation is to be made: for all In­
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              ſtruments cannot be made uſe of in all places with equall conve­
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              nience. </s>
              <s>And ſo we ſee (to explain our ſelves by an example) that
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              for drawing of Water out of a Well, we make uſe of onely a
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              Rope and a Bucket fitted to receive and hold Water, wherewith
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              we draw up a determinate quantity of Water, in a certain Time,
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              with our limited ſtrength: and he that ſhould think he could with
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              a Machine of whatſoever Force, with the ſame ſtrength, and in
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              the ſame Time, take up a great quantity of Water, is in a groſſe
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              Errour. </s>
              <s>And he ſhall find himſelf ſo much the more deceived,
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              the more he ſhall vary and multiply his Inventions: Yet never­
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              theleſſe we ſee Water drawn up with other Engines, as with a Pump
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              that drinks up Water in the Hold of Ships; where you muſt note
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              that the Pump was not imployed in thoſe Offices, for that it draws
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              up more Water in the ſame Time, and with the ſame ſtrength
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              then that which a bare Bucket would do, but becauſe in that place
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              the uſe of the Bucket or any ſuch like Veſſel could not effect what
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              is deſired, namely to keep the Hold of the Ship quite dry from e­
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              very little quantity of Water; which the Bucket cannot do, for
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              that it cannot dimerge and dive, where there is not a conſiderable
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              depth of Water. </s>
              <s>And thus we ſee the Holds of Ships by the </s>
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