Salusbury, Thomas
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Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I)
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1667
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>ANNOTATION.</
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>Here it is to be noted, that the River it ſelf may have ſundry
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and divers heights, in ſeveral parts of its Chanel, by reaſon of
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the various velocities of the water, and its meaſures; as hath
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been demonſtrated in the firſt book.</
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>SUPPOSITION I.</
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>It is ſuppoſed, that the Rivers equal in breadth, and quick
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height, that have the ſame inclination of bed or bottom, ought
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alſo to have equal velocities, the accidental impediments being
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removed that are diſperſed throughout the courſe of the water,
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and abſtracting alſo from the external windes, which may velo
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citate, and retard the courſe of the water of the River.</
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their beds of equal length, and of the ſame inclination, but of
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quick heights unequal, they ought to move with like velocity,
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according to the ſenſe explained in the ſecond definition.</
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in the following Problems, we take that to be an excellent
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way to meaſure the time, which was ſhewed me many years ſince
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by
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Signore Galilæo Galilæi,
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which is as followeth.</
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which a Bullet of Lead is to be hanged, of about two or three
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ounces; and holding it by the other end, the Plummet is to be
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removed from its perpendicularity a Palm, more or leſs, and then
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let go, which will make many ſwings to and again, paſſing and
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repaſſing the Perpendicular, before that it ſtay in the ſame: Now
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it being required to meaſure the time that is ſpent in any what
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ſoever operation, thoſe vibrations are to be numbred, that are
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made whilſt the work laſteth; and they ſhall be ſo many ſecond
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minutes of an hour, if ſo be, that the ſtring be three Roman feet
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long, but in ſhorter ſtrings, the vibrations are more frequent, and
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in longer, leſs frequent; and all this ſtill followeth, whether the
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Plummet be little or much removed from its Perpendicularity, or
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whether the weight of the Lead be greater or leſſer.</
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