Fabri, Honoré, Dialogi physici in quibus de motu terrae disputatur, 1665

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              terit propterea ſuſtinere ſegmentum Mercurij centuplum ſegmenti CI;
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              quia ſupponamus ſuſtineri; cùm hic Mercurius gravitet, & hæc vis gra­
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              vitationis ſuperet reſiſtentiam prædictæ materiæ educendæ & dilatandæ,
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              non eſt dubium, quin prævalere debeat, atque adeò Mercurius deſcendere;
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              illa materia educi & tendi, donec ad punctum C perveniat, in quo æqua­
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              lis eſt vis gravitationis Mercurij CI prædictæ reſiſtentiæ; licèt autem ſu­
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              perficies Mercurij EF tantulum attollatur, non tamen propterea totus Cy­
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              lindrus, cujus baſis incumbit in ſuperficiem EF attollendus eſt, ſed tantu­
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              lum comprimitur aër per appulſum & exceptionem illius, qui Mercurio
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              in vas ABG illapſo in locum cedit; ſic prorſus per appulſum fumi, va­
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              poris cujuſlibet halitus, immò alicujus aëris rareſcentis tractus, reliquus aër
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              comprimitur; nempe dictu, immò & cogitatu ridiculum eſt, totum aëris
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              Cylindrum inde attolli; ex hac ſolutione manifeſtum argumentum ducitur,
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              contra primam illam hypotheſim, quam ſupra refutavi. </s>
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              Auguſt.
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              Sæpè miratus ſum, hæc ab iis non videri, qui conſtantiſſimè
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              aſſerunt, præfatum vtriuſque Cylindri, aëris ſcilicet, & Mercurij æquili­
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              brium, ducta à duobus aliis Cylindris, aquæ ſcilicet & Mercurij analogia;
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              licèt enim in his præfatum æquilibrium locum habeat, ſecus tamen in il­
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              lis, & manifeſtum diſcrimen eſt, quia Mercurius deſcendere nequit, niſi
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              vel aquæ Cylindrus attollatur, vel aqua, aut ipſe Mercurius, vi ponderis
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              ſeu preſſionis comprimatur; ſed aqua comprimi nequit, nedum Mercu­
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              rius; vt jam ſuprà dictum eſt; ſervatur igitur æquilibrium; at verò aër
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              facilè comprimi poteſt, vt patet; vnde Mercurij Cylindrus ID facilè deſ­
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              cendit; nempe aër tantulùm comprimitur; nec ideò infra C non deſcen­
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              dit, quod ſit æquilibrium inter Cylindrum aeris, & Cylindrum Mercu­
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              rij IC, ſed quia deſcendere nequit, niſi ſuperet reſiſtentiam materiæ di­
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              latabilis, eamque geminam, vt ſupra rectè diſtinguere mihi viſus es; ſed
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              ad alias objectiones venio; dicunt enim oppoſitæ ſententiæ aſſertores, ſe­
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              gmentum Mercurij extantis IC in ima Valle eſſe longius, in vertice mon­
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              tis brevius; ita probatum fuiſſe ferunt, in montibus Alverniæ, & Majo­
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              ris Britanniæ; hoc autem, quia in ima Valle Cylindrus aëris altior eſt;
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              igitur majus illius pondus; igitur longius Mercurij ſegmentum ſuſtinet;
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              ſecus in vertice montium. </s>
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              Antim.
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              <s id="s.002499"> Si laudatus ſupra Autor, qui hæc refert, teſtis oculatus fuiſſet,
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              non detrectarem fidem Autori ac curatiſſimo; ſed quia hæc à ſe tan­
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              tum auribus accepiſſe vltro fatetur, plenam fidem adhibendam eſſe non
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              crediderim, præſertim cum aliquando contigerit, vt hoc experimentum
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              in altiſſimis regionibus probatum, ſecus quàm illi ferunt, ſucceſſerit; præ­
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              terquam quod cuipiam homini, qui primus hoc probaſſe dicitur in mon­
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              tibus Alverniæ, nullam fidem habendam eſſe duco; cujus enim fidei homo
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              ſit, omnes catholici probè norunt. </s>
              <s id="s.002500">Sed demus, ita eſſe, non tamen inde
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              concluditur, præfatum Cylindrorum æquilibrium, cùm alia cauſa & ra­
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              tio eſſe poſſit; nempe in altiſſimis montibus, præſertim ſi in acumina­
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              tum verticem attollantur, non verò ſi in vaſtas planities explicentur,
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              vel ſenſim aſſurgant, leniore ac molliore clivo, in altiſſimis; inquam, mon-</s>
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