Huygens, Christiaan, Christiani Hugenii opera varia; Bd. 2: Opera geometrica. Opera astronomica. Varia de optica

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            ris qui intermedia cæli ſpatia complet, nec Solem nec ſtellas
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            cernere poſſemus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8710" xml:space="preserve">neque etiam alia quæ propiora ſunt cor-
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            pora; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8711" xml:space="preserve">cum ab his ad nos idem ille motus repercuſſus perve-
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            nire debeat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8712" xml:space="preserve">Hic, oculorum ſenſu perceptus, lux appella-
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            tur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8713" xml:space="preserve">Inque eo ſenſu mirabile eſt ante omnia, quo pacto ad
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            tantam ſubtilitatem perduci potuerit, ut minimâ cæleſtis ma-
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            teriæ commotiunculâ afficeretur, ſimulque qua ex parte illa
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            oriretur perciperet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8714" xml:space="preserve">Tum quomodo nihil ſeſe mutuo impe-
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            diant innumeri ejuſmodi pulſuum proceſſus, ſphæricæque
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            ſuperficies, aliæ alias trajicientes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8715" xml:space="preserve">Hæc omnia tam mira ac
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            ſubtili ratione conſtituta ſunt, ut nec minimam eorum par-
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            tem hominum ingenia excogitare potuiſſent, cum vix etiam
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            quomodo ſeſe habeant comprehendere queant. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8716" xml:space="preserve">Quid enim
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            tam mirabile, quam particulam corporis quandam ita fabri-
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            catam eſſe, ut ejus opera animal ſentiat procul poſitorum
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            corporum figuram, poſitum, motum quemlibet, diſtantiam;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8717" xml:space="preserve">idque etiam cum colorum varietate, quo diſtinctius ea digno-
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            ſceret. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8718" xml:space="preserve">Oculi vero præter hæc artificioſiſſima conſtructio,
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            quæ perfectam rerum extra poſitarum picturam in cava cho-
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            roidis ſuperficie imprimere apta eſt, omnem profecto admi-
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            rationem ſuperat, neque eſt in quo manifeſtius Geometriæ
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            artem Deus exercuerit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8719" xml:space="preserve">Atque hæc non tantum ſolertia ſum-
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            ma inventa & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8720" xml:space="preserve">fabricata ſunt, ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8721" xml:space="preserve">videntur eſſe ejuſmodi,
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            ſi quis propius attendat, ut non alia ratione perfici potue-
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            rint quàm hac quam cernimus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8722" xml:space="preserve">Nam neque lux aliter, quàm
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            communicato motu per materiam cæleſtem, res longo inter-
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            vallo remotas ſenſibus noſtris offerre poterat; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8723" xml:space="preserve">nec oculo-
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            rum artificio ullum aliud par dari ad diſtinctè referendas
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            rerum imagines. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8724" xml:space="preserve">Ut valde eos falli arbitrer, ſiqui hæc ea-
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            dem multis modis ordinari potuiſſe contendere audeant. </s>
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            Quare omnino credibile eſt utrumque iſtud eodem modo ſe
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            habere in Planetarum regionibus atque hic; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8726" xml:space="preserve">neque aliam eſſe
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            iis, quæ illic habitant animantibus, videndi rationem. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8727" xml:space="preserve">Ha-
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            bebunt igitur oculos; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8728" xml:space="preserve">atque etiam binos minimum, quò poſ-
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            ſint rerum ante pedes poſitarum diſtantias percipere, ſine
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            quo vix tutò ingredi licet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8729" xml:space="preserve">Et hæc quidem ad vitæ uſum </s>
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