Galilei, Galileo, Discourse concerning the natation of bodies, 1663

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              the Gravity of the water, yet the caſe ſtands ſo, that the Rampart
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              doth alſo contract it ſelf, and the Cylinder contained in it doth
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              miniſh. </s>
              <s>Nevertheleſs it ſhall be demonſtrated, how that the Cone
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              A B D
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              being of any ſuppoſed bigneſſe, and made at the firſt of a
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              Matter exactly equall in Gravity to the Water, if there may
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              be affixed to it ſome Weight, by means of which it may deſcend to
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              the bottom, when ſubmerged under water, it may alſo by vertue of
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              the Rampart ſtay above without ſinking.</s>
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              <s>Let, therefore, the Cone
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              A B D
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              be of any ſuppoſed greatneſſe,
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              and alike in ſpecificall Gravity to the water. </s>
              <s>It is manifeſt, that
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              being put lightly into the water, it ſhall reſt without deſcending;
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              and it ſhall advance above water, the Point
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              AS T,
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              tripple in height to the height of the
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              Rampart
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              E S
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              : Now, ſuppoſe the Cone
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              A B D
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              more depreſſed, ſo that it advance above
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              ter, only the Point
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              A I R,
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              higher by half than
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              the Point
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              A S T,
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              with the Rampart about it
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              C I R N.
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              And, becauſe, the Cone
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              A B D
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              is
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              to the Cone
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              A I R,
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              as the cube of the Line
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              S T
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              is to the cube of the Line
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              I R,
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              but the
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              der
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              E S T O,
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              is to the Cylinder
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              C I R N,
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              as the Square of
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              S T
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              to
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              the Square of
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              I R,
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              the Cone
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              A S T
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              ſhall be Octuple to the Cone
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              A I R,
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              and the Cylinder
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              E S T O,
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              quadruple to the Cylinder
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              C I R N
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              :
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              But the Cone
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              A S T,
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              is equall to the Cylinder E
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              S T O
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              : Therefore,
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              the Cylinder
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              C I R N,
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              ſhall be double to the Cone
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              A I R:
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              and the
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              water which might be contained in the Rampart
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              C I R N,
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              would be
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              double in Maſs and in Weight to the Cone
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              A I R,
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              and, therefore,
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              would be able to ſuſtain the double of the Weight of the Cone
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              AIR
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              :
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              Therefore, if to the whole Cone
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              A B D,
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              there be added as much
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              Weight as the Gravity of the Cone
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              A I R,
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              that is to ſay, the eighth
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              part of the weight of the Cone
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              A S T,
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              it alſo ſhall be ſuſtained by
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              the Rampart
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              C I R N,
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              but without that it ſhall go to the bottome:
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              the Cone
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              A B D,
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              being, by the addition of the eighth part of the
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              weight of the Cone
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              A S T,
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              made ſpecifically more grave than the
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              water. </s>
              <s>But if the Altitude of the Cone
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              A I R,
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              were two thirds
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              of the Altitude of the Cone
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              A S T,
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              the Cone
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              A S T
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              would be to the
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              Cone
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              A I R,
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              as twenty ſeven to eight; and the Cylinder
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              E S T O,
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              to
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              the Cylinder
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              C I R N,
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              as nine to four, that is, as twenty ſeven to
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              twelve; and, therefore, the Cylinder
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              C I R N,
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              to the Cone
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              A I R,
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              as twelve to eight; and the exceſs of the Cylinder
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              C I R N,
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              above
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              the Cone
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              A I R,
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              to the Cone
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              A S T,
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              as four to twenty ſeven:
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              fore if to the Cone
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              A B D
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              be added ſo much weight as is the four
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              twenty ſevenths of the weight of the Cone
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              A S T,
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              which is a little
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              more then its ſeventh part, it alſo ſhall continue to ſwimme, and </s>
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