Archimedes
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Natation of bodies
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Planotum,
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be in the Line V Q prolonged: But that is impoſſible; for it is in the Axis
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G: It followeth, therefore, that the Center of Gravity of the Portion demerged in
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Liquid be in the Line N K: which we propounded to be proved.
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(a)
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By 29. of the
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Encl.
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(b)
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By 3. of the
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T, betwixt the Point R and the Point F; let us ſuppoſe it to be
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the Point X.]
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Let the Sphære becompleated, ſo as that there be added of that Portion
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the Axis T Y, and the Center of Gravity Z. </
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>And becauſe that from the whole Sphære,
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whoſe Centre of Gravity is K, as we have alſo demonſtrated in the (c) Book before named, the
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is cut off the Portion E Y H, having the Centre of Gravity Z; the Centre of the remaind
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of the Portion E F H ſhall be in the Line Z K prolonged: And therefore it muſt of neceſſity
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fall betwixt K and F.
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(c)
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By 8 of the
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firſt
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of Archimedes.</
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>The remainder, therefore, of the Figure, elevated above the Sur
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face of the Liquid, hath its Center of Gravity in the
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L
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ine R X
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prolonged.]
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By the ſame 8 of the firſt Book of
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Archimedes, de Centro Gravita
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tis Planorum.</
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>Now the Gravity of the Figure that is above the
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L
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iquid ſhall
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preſs from above downwards according to S L; and the Gravit
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of the Portion that is ſubmerged in the
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L
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iquid ſhall preſs from be
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low upwards, according to the Perpendicular R L.]
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By the ſecond Sup
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poſition of this. </
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much Force along R L, as that which is above the Liquid is moved downwards along S L; as
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may be ſhewn by Propoſition 6. of this. </
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neither cauſeth the others being leſs moved; the which it continually doth when the Portion
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is ſet according to the Perpendicular: For then the Centers of Gravity of both the Magnitudes
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do concur in one and the ſame Perpendicular, namely, in the Axis of the Portion: and look
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with what force or
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Impetus
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that which is in the Lipuid tendeth upwards, and with the like
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doth that which is above or without the Liquid tend downwards along the ſame Line: And
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therefore, in regard that the one doth not ^{*} exceed the other, the Portion ſhall no longer move
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but ſhall ſtay and reſt allwayes in one and the ſame Poſition, unleſs ſome extrinſick Cauſe
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chance to intervene.
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*
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Or overcome.
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>PROP. IX. THEOR. IX.
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* In ſome Greek
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Coppies this is no
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diſtinct Propoſi
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tion, but all
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Commentators,
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do divide it
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from the Prece
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dent, as having a
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diſtinct demon
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ſtration in the
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Originall.</
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But if the Figure, lighter than the Liquid, be demit
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ted into the Liquid, ſo, as that its Baſe be wholly
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within the ſaid Liquid, it ſhall continue in ſuch
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manner erect, as that its Axis ſhall ſtand according
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to the Perpendicular.
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>For ſuppoſe, ſuch a Magnitude as that aforenamed to be de
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mitted into the Liquid; and imagine a Plane to be produced
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thorow the Axis of the Portion, and thorow the Center of the
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Earth: And let the
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S
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ection of the Surface of the Liquid, be the Cir
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cumference A B C D, and of the Figure the Circumference E F
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H
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And let E H be a Right Line, and F T the Axis of the Portion. </
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now it were poſſible, for ſatisfaction of the Adverſary, let it be
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ſuppoſed that the ſaid Axis were not according to the Perpendicu
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lar: we are now to demonſtrate that the Figure will not ſo </
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