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

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            noſtræ, quàm cæterarum, atque etiam Solis, rotunditas
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            conſequitur; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s9998" xml:space="preserve">quæ in Carteſiana hypotheſi tantum habet in-
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            commodi.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10000" xml:space="preserve">Porro & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10001" xml:space="preserve">ſpatia horum vorticum, ut dixi, multo quam
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            ille contractiora pono. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10002" xml:space="preserve">Sic enim fere eos ſtatuo in va-
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            ſta cœli profunditate diſperſos, quemadmodum turbines
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            aquæ exiguos, hinc inde in ſpatioſo lacu ſtagnove, bacu-
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            li agitatione, excitatos, ac magnis intervallis totiſque ſta-
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            diis diſtantes. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10003" xml:space="preserve">Et ſicuti horum motus nequaquam ab u-
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            nis ad alios perveniunt, nec proinde ſeſe mutuo impe-
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            diunt; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10004" xml:space="preserve">ita quoque cœleſtium vorticum motus, circum aſtra
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            aut Soles, ſe habere exiſtimo.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s10006" xml:space="preserve">Itaque neque alii alios deſtruere poſſunt aut abſorbere,
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            quemadmodum finxit Carteſius, cum oſtendere vellet quo-
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            modo ſtella aut Sol aliquis vertatur in Planetam. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10007" xml:space="preserve">Appa-
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            ret autem, cum hæc ſcriberet, non attendiſſe eum ad im-
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            menſam ſtellarum inter ſe diſtantiam; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10008" xml:space="preserve">idque vel ex hoc
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            uno, quod, cum primum Cometes aliquis intra vorticem
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            noſtrum, cujus centrum Sol occupat, deſcendit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10009" xml:space="preserve">vult eum
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            nobis viſibilem fieri, quod eſt abſurdiſſimum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10010" xml:space="preserve">Quomodo
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            enim, ſidus ejuſmodi, quod ex Solis lumine repercuſſo
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            tantummodo ſplendet; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10011" xml:space="preserve">ut cum pleriſque Philoſophis ipſe
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            ſtatuit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10012" xml:space="preserve">quomodo, inquam, poſſet conſpici à tanto in-
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            tervallo, quod ſaltem decies millies contineret illud quod
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            à Terra ad Solem eſt. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10013" xml:space="preserve">Non enim ignorare poterat va-
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            ſtiſſimum, circa Solem undique extenſum, ſpatium; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10014" xml:space="preserve">cum
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            ſciret in Copernici ſyſtemate orbem magnum, hoc eſt,
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            orbitam Terræ, velut punctum eſſe cum illo compara-
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            tum. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10015" xml:space="preserve">Sed tota hæc de Cometarum, atque etiam de Pla-
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            netarum, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10016" xml:space="preserve">mundi origine, commentatio apud Carte-
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            ſium tam levibus rationibus contexta eſt, ut ſæpe mi-
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            rer tantum operæ in talibus concinnandis figmentis eum
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            impendere potuiſſe. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10017" xml:space="preserve">Mihi magnum quid conſecuti vi-
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            debimur, ſi quemadmodum ſeſe habeant res, quæ in
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            natura exſtant, intellexerimus; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s10018" xml:space="preserve">à quo longiſſime </s>
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