Essays on several curious and useful subjects, in speculative and mix'd mathematicks : illustrated by a variety of examples (1740)
Simpson, Thomas, 1710-1761, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed by H. Woodfall, jun. for J. Nourse ... · leaf 325
lar^ let fall jrom that Point to the Surface, thro theCaife above fpecified. Let the Axis of the Earth be confi-dered as abfolutely at Reft, and let E A bethe perpendicular Height from whencethe Body is let fall, and by the Force ofGravity and the Motion acquired bythe Earths Rotation, begins to… … ( i6i ) towards a-, let F be the Place where the Ball falls, and FS theDilbiice of that Place from the faid Parallel; and let the Pointa be the Pofition of E, at the Time when the Body impingeson the Surface at F. Therefore, fince the Velocity acquiredby the Rotation of the Earth, and the…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-217-133.webp)