1round, that each Corpuſcle endeavours
to beat off all others from coming within
the little Sphear requiſite to its motion
about its own Center; and (in caſe any,
by intruding into that Sphear ſhall op
poſe its free Rotation) to expell or drive
it away: So that according to this Do
ctrine, it imports very little, whether the
particles of the Air have the ſtructure re
quiſite to Springs, or be of any other
form (how irregular ſoever) ſince their
Elaſtical power is not made to depend
upon their ſhape or ſtructure, but upon
the vehement agitation, and (as it were)
brandiſhing motion, which they receive
from the fluid Ether that ſwiftly flows
between them, and whirling about each
of them (independently from the reſt)
not onely keeps thoſe ſlender Aërial
Bodies ſeparated and ſtretcht out (at leaſt,
as far as the Neighbouring ones will per
mit) which otherwiſe, by reaſon of
their flexibleneſs and weight, would
flag or curl; but alſo makes them hit
againſt, and knock away each other, and
conſequently require more room, then
that which if they were compreſſ'd, they
would take up.
to beat off all others from coming within
the little Sphear requiſite to its motion
about its own Center; and (in caſe any,
by intruding into that Sphear ſhall op
poſe its free Rotation) to expell or drive
it away: So that according to this Do
ctrine, it imports very little, whether the
particles of the Air have the ſtructure re
quiſite to Springs, or be of any other
form (how irregular ſoever) ſince their
Elaſtical power is not made to depend
upon their ſhape or ſtructure, but upon
the vehement agitation, and (as it were)
brandiſhing motion, which they receive
from the fluid Ether that ſwiftly flows
between them, and whirling about each
of them (independently from the reſt)
not onely keeps thoſe ſlender Aërial
Bodies ſeparated and ſtretcht out (at leaſt,
as far as the Neighbouring ones will per
mit) which otherwiſe, by reaſon of
their flexibleneſs and weight, would
flag or curl; but alſo makes them hit
againſt, and knock away each other, and
conſequently require more room, then
that which if they were compreſſ'd, they
would take up.
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