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

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            pre, le bleu; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1799" xml:space="preserve">enfin le rouge quitte le der-
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            nier ce papier où il eſt peint, pour venir à
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            ſon tour ſe réflechir ſur le Plat-fond. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1800" xml:space="preserve">Donc
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            tout rayon eſt plus réflexible à meſure qu’il
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            eſt plus réfrangible; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1801" xml:space="preserve">donc la même cauſe
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            opére la réflexion & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1802" xml:space="preserve">la réfrangibilité.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1804" xml:space="preserve">Or la partie ſolide du verre ne fait ni
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            cette réfrangibilité, ni cette réflexion; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1805" xml:space="preserve">donc
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            encore une fois ces proprietés ont leur naiſ-
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            ſance dans une autre cauſe que dans l’impul-
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            ſion connue ſur la Terre. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1806" xml:space="preserve">Il n’y a rien à dire
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            contre ces expériences, il faut s’y ſoumet-
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            tre, quelque rebelle que l’on ſoit à l’évi-
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            dence.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1808" xml:space="preserve">On pourroit tirer des expériences même
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            de Neuton de quoi faire quelques difficul-
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            tés contre les loix qu’il établit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1809" xml:space="preserve">On pourroit
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            lui dire, par exemple: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1810" xml:space="preserve">Vous nous avez
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              tion.</note>
            prouvé que l’impulſion d’aucun corps con-
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            nu ne peut opérer le briſement de la lumie-
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            re, ni ſa réflexion, puiſqu’elle ſe briſe dans
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            des pores & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1811" xml:space="preserve">ſe réflechit dans du vuide: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1812" xml:space="preserve">Vous
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            nous avez dit qu’il y a un pouvoir dans la
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            Nature qui fait tendre tous les corps les uns
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            vers les autres, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1813" xml:space="preserve">en attendant que </s>
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