Mathematical elements of natural philosophy, confirm'd by experiments : or, An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy (1747)
Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, 1688-1742, Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744, tr, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, John Adams Library (Boston Public Library) BRL · London : Printed for W. Innys, T. Longman and T. Shewell, C. Hitch ..., and M. Senex ... · leaf 116
true Time meafurd by the Motion ofBodies, this is perceivd by a Succeffion of Ideas. All Motion may become fwifter, as likewife a Body may moveflower than it did before j a Succeffion of Ideas alfo admits Accele-ration and Retardation; whence it follows, that relative Time differs from true Time,… … Chap. 6. of Natural Philofophy, 2 7 fore is greater or lefs, according to the Largenefs of that Space, andis always proportional to the Space. The Space rim thro isAioincreafedwith theTime^ if the Velocityis the fame. Therefore^ in general^ the Space pajsd thro is in the Ratio com- 121.pounded of…
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