Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica autore Js. Newton ...

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Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica autore Js. Newton ...
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Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727.
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Londini :: Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis Josephi Streater ...,
1687.
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Mechanics -- Early works to 1800.
Celestial mechanics -- Early works to 1800.
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Prop. XLVI. Prob. XXXII.
Posita cujuscun{que} generis vi centripeta, dato{que} tum virium centro tum plano quocun{que} in quo corpus revolvitur, & concessis Figurarum curvilinearum quadraturis: requiritur motus corporis de loco dato data cum velocitate secundum Rectam in Plano illo datam egressi.

Sit S centrum virium, SC distantia minima centri hujus a pla∣no dato, P corpus de loco P secundum rectam PZ egrediens, Q corpus idem in Trajec∣toria

[illustration]
sua revolvens, & PQR Trajectoria illa in plano dato descrip∣ta, quam invenire o∣portet. Jungantur CQ QS, & si in QS capia∣tur SV proportionalis vi centripetae qua cor∣pus tra hitur versus cen¦trum S, & agatur VT quae sit parallela CQ & occurrat SC in T: Vis SV resolvetur (per Legum Corol. 2.) in vires ST, TV; quarum ST trahendo cor∣pus secundum lineam plano perpendicularem, nil mutat motum ejus in hoc plano. Vis autem altera TV, agendo secundum positionem plani, trahit corpus directe versus punctum C in plano

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datum, adeo{que} facit illud in hoc plano perinde moveri ac si vis ST tolleretur, & corpus vi sola TV revolveretur circa centrum C in spatio libero. Data autem vi centripeta TV qua corpus Q in spatio libero circa centrum datum C revolvitur, datur per Prop. XLII. tum Trajectoria PQR quam corpus describit, tum locus Q in quo corpus ad datum quodvis tempus versabitur, tum de∣ni{que} velocitas corporis in loco illo Q; & contra. Q.E.I.

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