Voltaire, Elémens de la philosophie de Neuton : mis à la portée de tout le monde

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            Voilà une inflexion de la lumiere, qui dé-
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1448" xml:space="preserve">Nous montrerons bien-tôt qu’il y a une
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            attraction évidente entre le Soleil & </s>
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            netes, une tendance mutuelle de tous les
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            avertiſſons ici d’avance, que cette attraction,
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            qui fait graviter les Planetes ſur notre So-
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            leil, n’agit point du tout dans les mêmes
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            rapports que l’attraction des petits corps
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            qui ſe touchent. </s>
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            le criſtal, ſuivant le même rapport, par
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            exemple, que Mars eſt attiré par le Soleil.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1454" xml:space="preserve">Tous les corps, comme nous le verrons,
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1457" xml:space="preserve">Ainſi
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            l’attraction eſt bien plus forte, & </s>
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            ce s’en diſſipe bien plus vîte; </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1460" xml:space="preserve">cette
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            attraction des corps qui ſe touchent, </s>
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