Galilei, Galileo, The systems of the world, 1661

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              with the ſame charge, and at the ſame elevation or diſport towards
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              the Weſt, the range towards the Weſt ſhould be very much
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              ter then the other towards the Eaſt: for that whil'ſt the ball goeth
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              Weſtward, and the Peece is carried along by the Earth Eaſtward,
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              the ball will fall from the Peece as far diſtant as is the aggregate of
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              the two motions, one made by it ſelf towards the Weſt, and the
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              other by the Peece carried about by the Earth towards the Eaſt;
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              and on the contrary, from the range of the ball ſhot Eaſtward you
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              are to ſubſtract the ſpace the Peece moved, being carried after it.
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              <s>Now ſuppoſe, for example, that the range of the ball ſhot Weſt
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              were five miles, and that the Earth in the ſame parallel and in the
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              time of the Bals ranging ſhould remove three miles, the Ball in this
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              caſe would fall eight miles diſtant from the Culverin, namely, its
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              own five Weſtward, and the Culverins three miles Eaſtward: but
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              the range of the ſhot towards the Eaſt would be but two miles
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              long, for ſo much is the remainder, after you have ſubſtracted
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              from the five miles of the range, the three miles which the Peece
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              had moved towards the ſame part. </s>
              <s>But experience ſheweth the
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              Ranges to be equal, therefore the Culverin, and conſequently the
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              Earth are immoveable. </s>
              <s>And the ſtability of the Earth is no leſfe
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              confirmed by two other ſhots made North and South; for they
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              would never hit the mark, but the Ranges would be alwayes wide,
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              or towards the Weſt, by meanes of the remove the mark would
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              make, being carried along with the Earth towards the Eaſt, whil'ſt
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              the ball is flying. </s>
              <s>And not onely ſhots made by the Meridians,
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              but alſo thoſe aimed Eaſt or Weſt would prove uncertain; for
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              thoſe aim'd Eaſt would be too high, and thoſe directed Weſt too
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              low, although they were ſhot point blank, as I ſaid. </s>
              <s>For the
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              Range of the Ball in both the ſhots being made by the Tangent,
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              that is, by a line parallel to the Horizon, and being that in the
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              urnal motion, if it be of the Earth, the Horizon goeth continually
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              deſcending towards the Eaſt, and riſing from the Weſt (therefore
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              the Oriental Stars ſeem to riſe, and the Occidental to decline) ſo
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              that the Oriental mark would deſcend below the aime, and
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              upon the ſhot would fly too high, and the aſcending of the
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              ern mark would make the ſhot aimed that way range too low; ſo
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              that the Peece would never carry true towards any point; and for
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              that experience telleth us the contrary, it is requiſite to ſay, that
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              the Earth is immoveable.</s>
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              Which is
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              med by the
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              ment of a body let
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              fall from the round
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              top of a Ship.
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              * That is, at the
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              foot of the Maſt,
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              upon the upper
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              deck.</s>
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              The ſecond
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              gument taken from
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              a Projection ſhot
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              very high.
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              The third
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              ment taken from
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              the ſhots of a
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              non, towards the
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              Eaſt, and towards
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              the West.
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              This argument
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              is confirmed by two
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              ſhots towards the
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              South and towards
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              the North.
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              And it is
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              wiſe confirmed by
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              two ſhots towards
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              the Eaſt, and
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              wards the Weſt.
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>Theſe are ſolid reaſons, and ſuch as I believe no man
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              can anſwer.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Perhaps they are new to you?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>Really they are; and now I ſee with how many
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              mirable experiments Nature is pleaſed to favour us, wherewith to
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              aſſiſt us in the knowledge of the Truth. </s>
              <s>Oh! how exactly one </s>
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