Category: Science - Physics
~CHAP. 2.~ _Further proofs of the laws of motion_ _The effects of percussion_ p. 49 _The perpendicular descent of bodies_ p. 55 _The oblique descent of bodies in a straight line_ p. 57 _The curvilinear descent of bodies_ p. 58 _The perpendicular ascent of bodies_ ibid. _The ob...
_The sun’s light is composed of rays of different colours_ p. 318 _The refraction of light_ p. 319 320 _Bodies appear of different colour by day-light, because some reflect one...
4. part L M be of the same breadth with G H. Here the perpendicularsL O and M N being drawn, the quantity of water contained between these perpendiculars is not so great, as that contained between the perpendiculars G I and H K; yet, I say, the...
2. BOOK II.~CHAP. 1.~ _That the planets move in a space empty of sensible matter_ p. 161 _The system of the world described_ p. 162 _The planets suffer no sensible resistance in their moti...
1. BOOK I.~CHAP. 2.~ _Further proofs of the laws of motion_ _The effects of percussion_ p. 49 _The perpendicular descent of bodies_ p. 55 _The oblique descent of bodies in a straight line...