Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica
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            tis apcrtè criminantur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7735" xml:space="preserve">Facile autem, ut ſpero, tam indi-
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            gnam à me ſuſpicionem repellam, nec multis ad hoc opus eſ-
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            ſe, coram C. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7736" xml:space="preserve">T. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7737" xml:space="preserve">cauſam agenti, exiſtimo, cujus ſumma æ-
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            quitas cum pari judicii perſpicacitate conjuncta eſt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7739" xml:space="preserve">Primus præcipuuſque adverſariorum conatus eſt, ut vitra
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            ſua tuboſque opticos nihilo meis inferiores eſſe demonſtrent;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7740" xml:space="preserve">quod ubi egregiè ſe confeciſſe arbitrantur, inde porro, ni-
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            hil me in cælo deprehendere potuiſſe, quod non & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7741" xml:space="preserve">ipſi vi-
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            derint, concludunt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7742" xml:space="preserve">Quod ſi autem phænomena ipſa Sa-
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            turni, quæ adduxi, vera non ſunt, vana utique & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7743" xml:space="preserve">Hypo-
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            theſis erit, qua viſorum eorum quæ nuſquam ſunt cauſas ex-
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            ponere ſuſcepi.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7745" xml:space="preserve">Teleſcopiorum ſuorum comparationem cum noſtris inſti-
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            tuere aliquatenus ut poſſent effeci, tradita accuratiſſima meo-
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            rum deſcriptione; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7746" xml:space="preserve">veruntamen quod præcipuum eſt omnium,
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            præſtantia vitrorum quæ ab exacta formatione proficiſcitur,
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            hanc ſcire debent nulla deſcriptione, ſed effectu demum ipſo
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            probari poſſe: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7747" xml:space="preserve">Ideoque etſi & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7748" xml:space="preserve">longiores paulo noſtris tubos,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7749" xml:space="preserve">vitra amplius patentia fabricarint, non idcirco meliora ex
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            his teleſcopia ſeſe compoſuiſſe exiſtiment. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7750" xml:space="preserve">Oportet nempe,
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            quæ pari bonitate cum noſtris futura ſunt, ut & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7751" xml:space="preserve">longitudine
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            illis æquentur, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7752" xml:space="preserve">vitrorum non minore apertura gaudeant;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7753" xml:space="preserve">at non ideo quæcunque ſic ſe habuerint, eâdem virtute pol-
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            lent, aut illis æquiparanda ſunt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s7755" xml:space="preserve">Ut igitur reipſa & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7756" xml:space="preserve">effectu concedere noſtris Diviniana te-
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            leſcopia comprobem, certiſſimum argumentum mihi petere
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            poſſe videor à Saturnio illo comite ſive luna, quæ ſexdecim
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            dierum ſpatio circa eum revolvitur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7757" xml:space="preserve">Hanc primum omnium
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            mihi conſpectam eſſe liquet, neque id Euſtachius cum ſibi
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            fuccenturiato P. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7758" xml:space="preserve">Fabrio denegat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7759" xml:space="preserve">Quod autem nec aliis nec
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            ſibi antea animad verſa fuerit, in cauſa fuiſſe ait vel inadver-
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            tentiam, vel nimiam comitis à Saturno diſtantiam, vel
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            parvitatem, vel conjunctionem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7760" xml:space="preserve">Sed vana effugia hæc eſſe
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            quis non videt? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7761" xml:space="preserve">Cum enim jam ab anno 1646 & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s7762" xml:space="preserve">ultra fortè
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            Saturni phaſes deligenter reſpicere cœperit, teleſcopio è con-
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            vexis vitris compoſito, quo ſemper Saturnum ſimul & </s>
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