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

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            verſe du quarré des diſtances. </s>
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            une choſe ſimple & </s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s368" xml:space="preserve">c’eſt qu’un
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            corps qui ſera expoſé à quatre pieds d’un
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              tion
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              dans la-
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              quelle
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              toute
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              lumiere
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              agit.</note>
            feu quelconque, ſera ſeize fois moins é-
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            clairé & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s369" xml:space="preserve">moins échauffé, recevra ſeize fois
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            moins de rayons que le corps qui ſera à un
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            pied; </s>
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            tre eſt la diſtance où eſt le corps moins
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            diſtant de quatre pieds, non pas quatre fois
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            moins de rayons, mais ſeize fois moins de
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            rayons. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s372" xml:space="preserve">Voilà ce qu’on appelle la raiſon in-
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            verſe du quarré des diſtances, ce qu’il faut
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            bien entendre; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s373" xml:space="preserve">car cette proportion ſera un
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s375" xml:space="preserve">Nous pouvons en paſſant conclure de la
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              greſſion
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              de la lu-
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              miere.
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              Preuve
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              de l’im-
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              poſſibi-
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              lité du
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              plein.</note>
            célérité avec laquelle la ſubſtance du Soleil
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            s’échappe ainſi vers nous en ligne droite,
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            combien le plein de Deſcartes eſt chiméri-
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            que. </s>
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            pourroit-elle parvenir à nous, à travers
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            tant de millions de couches de matiere
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            mues en ligne courbe, & </s>
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            mouvemens divers? </s>
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