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

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              <s>PROP. VII. THE OR. VII.</s>
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              The Right Portion of a Rightangled Conoid lighter
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              than the Liquid, when it ſhall have its Axis greater
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              than Seſquialter of the Semi-parameter, but leſſe
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              than to be unto the ſaid Semi-parameter in proportion
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              as fiſteen to fower, being demitted into the Liquid ſo
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              as that its Baſe be wholly within the Liquid, it ſhall
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              never ſtand ſo as that its Baſe do touch the Surface
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              of the Liquid, but ſo, that it be wholly within the
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              Liquid, and ſhall not in the leaſt touch its Surface.
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              <s>Let there be a Portion as hath been ſaid; and let it be de­
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              mitted into the Liquid, as we have ſuppoſed, ſo as that its
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              Baſe do touch the Surface in one Point only: It is to be de­
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              monſtrated that the ſame ſhall not ſo
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              continue, but ſhall turn about in
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              ſuch manner as that its Baſe do in no
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              wiſe touch the Surface of the Liquid.
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              <s>For let it be cut thorow its Axis by
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              a Plane erect upon the Liquids Sur­
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              face: and let the Section be A P O L,
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              the Section of a Rightangled
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              Cone; the Section of the Liquids
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              Surface S L; and the Axis of the
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              Portion and Diameter of the Section P F: and let P F be cut in
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              R, ſo, as that R P may be double to R F, and in
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              ſo as that P F
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              may be to R
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              as fifteen to fower: and draw
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              K at Right Angles </s>
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              <s>
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              to P F:
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              (a)
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              R
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              ſhall be leſſe than the Semi-parameter. </s>
              <s>There­
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              fore let R H be ſuppoſed equall to the Semi-parameter: and
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              draw C O touching the Section in O and parallel unto S L; and
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              let N O be parallel unto P F; and firſt let N O cut K
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              in the Point
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              I, as in the former Schemes: It ſhall be demonſtrated that N O is
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              to O I either ſeſquialter, or greater than ſeſquialter. </s>
              <s>Let O I be
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              leſſe than double to I N; and let O B be double to B N: and let
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              them be diſpoſed like as before. </s>
              <s>We might likewiſe demonſtrate
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              that if a Line be drawn thorow R and T it will make Right Angles
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              with the Line C O, and with the Surface of the Liquid: Where­
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              fore Lines being drawn from the Points B and G parallels unto
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              R T, they alſo ſhall be Perpendiculars to the Surface of the Liquid:
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              The Portion therefore which is above the Liquid ſhall move </s>
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