Voltaire, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

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            ne fût pas ſphérique, & </s>
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            prouvé, comme nous l’avons vu, que la
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s3566" xml:space="preserve">Il n’y a pas à préſent de bon Phyſicien
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            qui ne reconnoiſſe & </s>
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            la néceſſité d’admettre une gravitation telle
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            que Neuton l’a prouvée; </s>
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            re des Philoſophes attachés à leurs tourbil-
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            lons de Matiere ſubtile, qui voudroient
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            concilier ces tourbillons imaginaires avec
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            ces Vérités démontrées.</s>
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              gravita-
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              tion,
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              cette at-
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              traction,
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              peut ê.
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              tre un
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              premier
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              Principe
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              établi
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            billons ſont inadmiſſibles; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3572" xml:space="preserve">mais cette gra-
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            vitation même ne fournit-elle pas une nou-
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            velle démonſtration contr’eux? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s3573" xml:space="preserve">Car ſuppoſé
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            que ces tourbillons exiſtaſſent, ils ne pour-
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            roient tourner autour d’un centre que par
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            les loix de cette gravitation même; </s>
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            droit donc recourir à cette gravitation,
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            comme à la cauſe de ces tourbillons, & </s>
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            non pas aux tourbillons prétendus, comme
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            à la cauſe de la gravitation.</s>
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