Newton, Isaac, Philosophia naturalis principia mathematica, 1713

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DE MOTU
CORPORUM
PROPOSITIO XCVI. THEOREMA L.
Iiſdem poſitis & quod motus ante incidentiam velocior ſit quam
poſtea: dico quod corpus, inclinando lineam incidentiæ, refle­
ctetur tandem, & angulus reflexionis fiet æqualis angulo inci­
dentiæ.
Nam concipe corpus inter parallela plana Aa, Bb, Cc,&c. de­
ſcribere arcus Parabolicos, ut ſupra; ſintque arcus illi HP, PQ,
QR,&c.
Et ſit ea lineæ incidentiæ GHobliquitas ad planum pri­
mum Aa,ut ſinus incidentiæ ſit ad radium circuli, cujus eſt ſinus,
in ea ratione quam habet idem ſinus incidentiæ ad ſinum emer­
gentiæ ex plano Dd,in ſpatium DdeE:& ob ſinum emergen­
tiæ jam factum æqualem radio, angulus emergentiæ erit rectus, ad­
eoque linea emergentiæ coincidet cum plano Dd.Perveniat cor­
pus ad hoc planum in puncto R; & quoniam linea emergentiæ
coincidit cum eodem
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plano, perſpicuum eſt
quod corpus non po­
teſt ultra pergere ver­
ſus planum Ee.Sed
nec poteſt idem perge­
re in linea emergentiæ
Rd,propterea quod
perpetuo attrahitur vel impellitur verſus Medium incidentiæ.
Re­
vertetur itaQ.E.I.ter plana Cc, Dd,deſcribendo arcum Parabolæ
QRq,cujus vertex principalis (juxta demonſtrata Galilæi) eſt in
R; ſecabit planum Ccin eodem angulo in q,ac prius in Q; dein
pergendo in arcubus parabolicis qp, ph,&c. arcubus prioribus
QP, PHſimilibus & æqualibus, ſecabit reliqua plana in iiſdem
angulis in p, h,&c. ac prius in P, H,&c. emergetque tandem ea­
dem obliquitate in h,qua incidit in H.Concipe jam planorum
Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee,&c. intervalla in infinitum minui & nume­
rum augeri, eo ut actio attractionis vel impulſus ſecundum legem
quamcunque aſſignatam continua reddatur; & angulus emergen­
tiæ ſemper angulo incidentiæ æqualis exiſtens, eidem etiamnum
manebit æqualis. que E. D.

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