Voltaire, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

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            le Vulgaire y eſt tout porté, quand il penſe
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            que le Soleil n’eſt pas plus grand qu’il le
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            paroît aux yeux. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s436" xml:space="preserve">Voici en quoi conſiſtoit
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            cette erreur des Philoſophes.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s438" xml:space="preserve">Il n’y a aucun corps dont nous puiſſions
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            unir véritablement la ſurface. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s439" xml:space="preserve">Cependant
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            beaucoup de ſurfaces nous paraiſſent unies
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s440" xml:space="preserve">d’un poli parfait. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s441" xml:space="preserve">Pourquoi voyons nous
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            uni & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s442" xml:space="preserve">égal ce qui ne l’eſt pas? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s443" xml:space="preserve">La ſuperfi-
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            cie la plus égale, n’eſt par rapport aux pe-
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              corps
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              uni.</note>
            tits corps qui compoſent la lumiere, qu’un
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            amas de montagnes, de cavitez & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s444" xml:space="preserve">d’inter-
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            vales, de même que la pointe de l’éguille
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            la plus fine eſt hériſſée en effet d’émi-
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            nences & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s445" xml:space="preserve">d’aſpérités que le Microſcope dé-
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            couvre.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s447" xml:space="preserve">Tous les faiſceaux des rayons de lumic-
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            re qui tomberoient ſur ces inégalités, ſe ré-
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            flechiroient ſelon qu’ils y ſeroient tombez;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s448" xml:space="preserve">donc étant inégalement tombez ils ne ſe ré-
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            flechiroient jamais réguliérement, donc on
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            ne pourroit jamais ſe voir dans une glace.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s450" xml:space="preserve">La lumiere qui nous apporte notre ima-
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            ge de deſſus un miroir, ne vient donc </s>
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