Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Well ſaid you
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              hitherto,
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              for perhaps it may anon change
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              countenance. </s>
              <s>And that I may no longer hold you in ſuſpenſe,
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              tell me,
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              Simplicius,
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              do you really believe, that the Experiment of
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              the ſhip ſquares ſo very well with our purpoſe, as that it ought to
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              be believed, that that which we ſee happen in it, ought alſo to
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              evene in the Terreſtrial Globe?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>As yet I am of that opinion; and though you have
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              alledged ſome ſmall diſparities, I do not think them of ſo great
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              moment, as that they ſhould make me change my judgment.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>I rather deſire that you would continue therein, and
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              hold for certain, that the effect of the Earth would exactly anſwer
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              that of the ſhip: provided, that when it ſhall appear prejudicial to
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              your cauſe, you would not be humorous and alter your thoughts.
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              <s>You may haply ſay, Foraſmuch as when the ſhip ſtands ſtill, the
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              ſtone falls at the foot of the Maſt, and when ſhe is under ſail, it
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              lights far from thence, that therefore by converſion, from the ſtones
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              falling at the foot is argued the ſhips ſtanding ſtill, and from its
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              falling far from thence is argued her moving; and becauſe that
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              which occurreth to the ſhip, ought likewiſe to befall the Earth:
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              that therefore from the falling of the ſtone at the foot of the
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              er is neceſſarily inferred the immobility of the Terreſtrial Globe.
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              <s>Is not this your argumentation?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>It is; and reduced into that conciſeneſs, as that it is
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              become moſt eaſie to be apprehended.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Now tell me; if the ſtone let fall from the
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              top, when the ſhip is in a ſwift courſe, ſhould fall exactly in
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              the ſame place of the ſhip, in which it falleth when the ſhip is at
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              anchor, what ſervice would theſe experiments do you, in order to
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              the aſcertaining whether the veſſel doth ſtand ſtill or move?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>Juſt none: Like as, for exemple, from the beating of
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              the pulſe one cannot know whether a perſon be aſleep or awake,
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              ſeeing that the pulſe beateth after the ſame manner in ſleeping as
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              in waking.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>Very well. </s>
              <s>Have you ever tryed the experiment of the
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              Ship?</s>
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              <s>SIMPL. </s>
              <s>I have not; but yet I believe that thoſe Authors
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              which alledg the ſame, have accurately obſerved it; beſides that
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              the cauſe of the diſparity is ſo manifeſtly known, that it admits
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              of no queſtion.</s>
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              <s>SALV. </s>
              <s>That it is poſſible that thoſe Authors inſtance in it,
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              without having made tryal of it, you your ſelf are a good
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              mony, that without having examined it, alledg it as certain, and in
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              a credulous way remit it to their authority; as it is now not onely
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              poſſible, but very probable that they likewiſe did; I mean, did
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              remit the ſame to their Predeceſſors, without ever arriving at one </s>
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