Gassendi, Pierre, De proportione qua gravia decidentia accelerantur, 1646

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              tranſeunte eadem parte ſemel quidem ex ſtatu æqua­
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              bili in celeritatem, ſemel ex eodem in tarditatem, prout
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              in ea motus diurnus, & annuus ſemel conſpirant, ſemel
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              abnuunt). Tum quòd aliunde viſum fuerit non poſſe
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              aquam ob fluiditatem, & in cauitate Terræ continen­
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              tiam, non ſic fluere, & refluere, ſi contingeret ipſam
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              Terram tanquam vas moueri, & inæqualiter moueri:
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              imò & non poſſe iteratò poſteriore dici parte non ef­
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              fluere, ac refluere proprio pondere; ſi ſemel priore ef­
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              fluxerit, & refluxerit vi increſcentis celeritatis. </s>
              <s id="s.002278">Licet
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              quippe omnium deinde huius motus circumſtantia­
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              rum non videretur perinde eſſe, aut fieri cauſſa explo­
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              rata: non ideò tamen viſum eſt generalem cauſſam eſſe
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              reiiciendam; ſed quicquid eſſet difficultatis referen­
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              dum eſſe ad difficultatem perueftigationis; & dum ſpes
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              eſſet, vt ſingula diſquirerentur ſcrupuloſiùs, ac inueni­
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              rentur fœliciùs; eſſe videri magni ducendum, quòd
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              ſecta eſſet veluti glacies, quam deterere ſolum ſuper­
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              eſſet. </s>
              <s id="s.002279">Ac ſi fuiſſet quidem aliqua opinio, quæ cauſ­
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              ſam pari neceſſitate cum effectu ſuo coniunctam mon­
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              ſtraſſet, illi primas potiùs tribuendas cenſuiſſem; at,
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              quæ mea fuit tarditas, talem eſſe nullam perſpexi. </s>
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              <s id="s.002280">XLI. </s>
              <s id="s.002281">Succedunt hæc verba,
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              Imprimis enim ignorare
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              te non arbitror, etiam ex illis motibus cauſſam ſufficientem
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              non reddi, cur circa
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              Æ
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              quinoctia æſtus fiant adeò magni præ
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              cæteris; cùm illis temporibus vix inæqualitas vlla in Telluris
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              motu appareat; & quæ minima in punctis
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              Æ
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              quinoctialibus
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              notatur, non ſubitò, aut vna tantum die exoritur, ſed paulla­
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              tim, diuturnóque tempore accreſcit: cùm æſtus illi tamen non
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              ita ſenſim, & ſucceßiuè vſque ad aliquem maximum accreſ-
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