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

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            Atqui, ex Dioptrices legibus inſtituro calculo, fiebat jam
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            Solis diameter {1/152} ejus par@iculæ centeſimæ octogeſimæ ſecun-
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            dæ, quam, per foramen exiguum, prius conſpexeram. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9936" xml:space="preserve">Du-
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            ctis autem in ſe {1/152} & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9937" xml:space="preserve">{1/182}, fit {1/27664}. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9938" xml:space="preserve">Ergo eou@que contracto
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            Sole, vel eouſque remoto, (erit enim effectus idem) ut dia-
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            meter ejus ſit {1/27664} ejus, quem in cœlo intuemur, ſupereſt
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            illi lux quæ Sirii luci non cedat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9939" xml:space="preserve">Solis vero eouſque remo-
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            ti diſtantia erit neceſſario, ad eam quam nunc habet, ut
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            27664 ad 1: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9940" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9941" xml:space="preserve">diameter paulum excedet 4 ſcr. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9942" xml:space="preserve">tertia. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9943" xml:space="preserve">Ita-
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            que cum æqualis ei Sirius ponatur, ſequitur Sirii quoque
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            diametrum totidem eſſe ejuſmodi ſcrupulorum; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9944" xml:space="preserve">diſtantiam-
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            que itidem, ad eam qua à Sole abſumus, ut 27664 ad 1.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s9945" xml:space="preserve">Quod quàm incredibile ſit intervallum, apparebit eadem ra-
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            tione, quam in æſtimanda Solis diſtantia adhibuimus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9946" xml:space="preserve">Nam
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            ſi 25. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9947" xml:space="preserve">annis opus habebat tormenti bellici globus, continua
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            velocitate, quanta exploditur, incedens, ut à Terra ad So-
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            lem perveniret; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9948" xml:space="preserve">jam numerus 27664 vicies quinquies du-
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            cendus eſt, atque ita fiunt 691600, adeo ut penè ſeptingen-
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            ta annorum millia inſumpturus ſit globus, in tanta celeritate
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            ſua, priuſquam ad proximas ſtellarum inerrantium perve-
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            niat. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9949" xml:space="preserve">Atque ad has ſtellas ſerena nocte oculos circumferen-
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            tes, quantum horum judicio comprehendere poſſumus, vix
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            aliquot milliaribus ſupra verticem eas exſtare putamus. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9950" xml:space="preserve">Quæ-
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            ſivi vero de proximis tantum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9951" xml:space="preserve">Cæteræ enim cum, ut jam
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            diximus, iis ſpatiis in ulteriora cœli recedant, ut non mino-
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            ra ſint deinceps à propioribus ad ſequentes, quàm à Sole
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            ad iſtas, quanta immenſitas ſupereſt! Si enim plures quàm
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            mille, nudo viſu notantur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9952" xml:space="preserve">teleſcopiis verò decuplo aut vi-
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            gecuplo amplius; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9953" xml:space="preserve">quomodo ſciri poteſt aut definiri, quanta
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            ſit multitudo ulteriorum, quas neque hoc auxilio attingere
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            licet: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9954" xml:space="preserve">aut quis numerus nimis magnus dicendus eſt, ſi ad Dei
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            potentiam ſpectemus? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9955" xml:space="preserve">Etenim, ſæpe hæc cogitanti mihi,
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            in mentem venit, tanrùm in primis numerorum exordiis cal-
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            culos omnes noſtros verſari. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9956" xml:space="preserve">Eſſe enim in ſerie eorum in-
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            finita, qui non tantùm viginti aut triginta, aut centum,
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            aut mille notis ſcribantur in progreſſione noſtra denaria; </s>
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