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

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              <s>PROBL. IV.
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              RO
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              P.
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              XVII.</s>
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              <s>A
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              P
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              erpendicular and
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              P
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              lane Inflected to it being
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              given, to aſſign a part in the given
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              P
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              lane, in
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              which after the Fall along the
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              P
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              erpendicular
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              the Motion may be made in a Time equal to
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              that in which the Moveable
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              ex quiete
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              paſſeth
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              the
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              P
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              erpendicular given.</s>
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              Let the Perpendicular be A B, and a Plane Inflected to it B E: It is
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              required in B E to aſſign a Space along which the Moveable af­
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              ter the Fall along A B may move in a Time equal to that in which
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              the ſaid Perpendicular A B is paſſed
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              ex quiete.
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              Let the Line A D be
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              parallel to the Horizon, with which let the Plane prolonged meet in D;
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              and ſuppoſe F B equal to B A; and as B D
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              is to D F, ſo let F D be to D E. </s>
              <s>I ſay, that
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              the Time along B E after the Fall along A B
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              equalleth the Time along A B, out of Reſt
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              in A. </s>
              <s>For if we ſuppoſe A B to be the Time
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              along A B, D B ſhall be the Time along
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              D B. </s>
              <s>And becauſe, as B D is to D F, ſo is
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              F D to D E, D F ſhall be the Time along
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              the whole Plane D E, and B F along the
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              part B E out of D: But the Time along
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              B E after D B, is the ſame as after A B: Therefore the Time along B E
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              after A B ſhall be B F, that is, equal to the Time
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              ex quiete
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              in A:
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              Which was the Propoſition.
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              <s>
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              ROBL. V. PROP. XVIII.</s>
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              <s>Any Space in the Perpendicular being given from
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              the aſſigned beginning of Motion that is
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              paſſed in a Time given, and any other leſſer
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              Time being alſo given, to find another Space in
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              the ſaid Perpendicular that may be paſſed in
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              the given leſſer Time.</s>
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