Salusbury, Thomas, Mathematical collections and translations (Tome I), 1667

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              the ſame Space S. </s>
              <s>Again as the Space S is to the Space R, ſo let the
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              Time E be to the Time G: Therefore G is the Time in which B would
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              paſſe the Space R. </s>
              <s>And becauſe the proportion of C to G is compounded
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              of the proportions of C to E, and of E to G; And ſince the proportion
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              of C to E is the ſame with that of the Velocities of the Moveables A and
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              B contrarily taken; that is, with that of T and V; And the proportion
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              of E to G is the ſame with the proportion of the Spaces S and R: There­
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              fore the Propoſition is demonſtrated.
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              <s>THEOR. VI. PROP. VI.</s>
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              <s>If two Moveables move with an Equable Motion,
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              the proportion of their Velocities ſhall be com­
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              pounded of the proportion of the Spaces paſ­
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              ſed, and of the proportion of the Times con­
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              trarily taken.</s>
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              Let A and B be the two Moveables moving with an Equable
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              Motion; and let the Spaces by them paſſed, be as V to T; and
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              let the Times be as S to R. </s>
              <s>I ſay that the proportion of the Ve­
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              locity of the Moveable A, to that of the Velocity of B, ſhall be
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              compounded of the proportions of the Space V to the Space T, and
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              of the Time R to the Time S. </s>
              <s>Let C be the Velocity with which the
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              Moveable A paſſeth the Space V in the Time S: And let the Velocity C
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              be to the Velo-
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              city E, as the
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              Space V is to
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              the Space T;
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              And E ſhall
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              be the Veloci­
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              ty with which
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              the Moveable
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              B paſſeth the Space T in the Time S: Again, let the Velocity E be to the
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              other Velocity G, as the Time R is to the Time S; And G ſhall be the
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              Velocity with which the Moveable B paſſeth the Space T in the Time R.
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              <s>We have therefore the Velocity C, wherewith the Moveable A paſſeth
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              the Space V in the Time S; and the Velocity G, wherewith the Move­
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              able B paſſeth the Space T in the Time R: And the proportion of C to
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              G is compounded of the proportions of C to E and of E to G: But the
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              proportion of C to E, is ſuppoſed the ſame with that of the Space V to
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              the Space T; and the proportion of E to G, is the ſame with that of R
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              to S: Therefore the Propoſition is manifest.
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