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. LIV. Prob. XXXVI.
Concessis figurarum curvilinearum quadraturis, invenire tempora qui∣bus corpora vi qualibet centripeta in lineis quibuscun{que} curvis in pla∣no per centrum virium transeunte descriptis, descendent & ascendent.

Descendat enim corpus de loco quovis S per lineam quamvis curvam STtR in plano per virium centrum C transeunte datam. Jungatur CS & dividatur cadem in partes innumeras aequales,

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sit{que} Dd partium illarum aliqua. Centro C, intervallis CD, Cd describantur circuli DT, dt, Lineae curvae STtR occurrentes in T & t. Et ex data tum lege vis centripetae, tum altitudine CS de∣qua corpus cecidit; dabitur velocitas corporis in alia quavis alti∣tudine CT, per Prop. XXXIX. Tempus autem, quo corpus de∣scribit lineolam Tt, est ut lineolae hu∣jus

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longitudo (id est ut secans angu∣li tTC) directe, & velocitas inverse. Tempori huic proportionalis sit ordi∣natim applicata DN ad rectam CS per punctum D perpendicularis, & ob datam Dd erit rectangulum Dd×DN, hoc est area DNnd, eidem tempori proportionale. Ergo si SNn sit curva illa linea quam punctum N perpetuo tangit, erit area SNDS proportionalis tempori quo corpus descendendo descripsit lineam ST; proinde{que} ex inventa illa area dabitur tempus. Q.E.I.

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