Galilei, Galileo, The systems of the world, 1661

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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I do not very well underſtand the queſtion.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I will expreſs it better by drawing a Figure: therefore
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              I will ſuppoſe the line A B [in
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              Fig.
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              3.] parallel to the Horizon,
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              and upon the point B, I will erect a perpendicular B C; and after
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              that I adde this ſlaunt line C A. </s>
              <s>Underſtanding now the line C
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              A to be an inclining plain exquiſitely poliſhed, and hard, upon
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              which deſcendeth a ball perfectly round and of very hard matter,
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              and ſuch another I ſuppoſe freely to deſcend by the perpendicular
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              C B: will you now confeſs that the
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              impetus
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              of that which
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              ſcends by the plain C A, being arrived to the point A, may be
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              equal to the
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              impetus
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              acquired by the other in the point B, after
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              the deſcent by the perpendicular C
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              The impetuoſity of
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              moveables equally
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              approaching to the
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              centre, are equal.
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I reſolutely believe ſo: for in effect they have both the
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              ſame proximity to the centre, and by that, which I have already
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              granted, their impetuoſities would be equally ſufficient to re-carry
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              them to the ſame height.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Tell me now what you believe the ſame ball would do
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              put upon the Horizontal plane A B?</s>
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              Vpon an
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              tall plane the
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              able lieth ſtill.
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>It would lie ſtill, the ſaid plane having no declination.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>But on the inclining plane C A it would deſcend, but
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              with a gentler motion than by the perpendicular C B?</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>I may confidently anſwer in the affirmative, it
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              ing to me neceſſary that the motion by the perpendicular C B
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              ſhould be more ſwift, than by the inclining plane C A; yet
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              vertheleſs, iſ this be, how can the Cadent by the inclination
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              rived to the point A, have as much
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              impetus,
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              that is, the ſame
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              gree of velocity, that the Cadent by the perpendicular ſhall have
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              in the point B? theſe two Propoſitions ſeem contradictory.</s>
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              The veloeity by the
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              inclining plane
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              qual to the
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              ty by the
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              oular, and the
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              tion by the
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              dicular ſwifter
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              than by the
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              nation.
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Then you would think it much more falſe, ſhould I
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              ſay, that the velocity of the Cadents by the perpendicular, and
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              inclination, are abſolutely equal: and yet this is a Propoſition
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              moſt true, as is alſo this that the Cadent moveth more ſwiftly by
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              the perpendicular, than by the inclination.</s>
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              <s>SAGR. </s>
              <s>Theſe Propoſitions to my ears ſound very harſh: and
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              I believe to yours
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              Simplicius
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              ?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>I have the ſame ſenſe of them.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I conceit you jeſt with me, pretending not to
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              hend what you know better than my ſelf: therefore tell me
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              plicius,
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              when you imagine a moveable more ſwift than
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              ther, what conceit do you fancy in your mind?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>I fancie one to paſs in the ſame time a greater ſpace
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              than the other, or to move equal ſpaces, but in leſſer time.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Very well: and for moveables equally ſwift, what's
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              your conceit of them?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>I fancie that they paſs equal ſpaces in equal times.</s>
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