The mathematical principles of natural philosophy (1803)
Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727, Motte, Andrew, d. 1734, Davis, William, 1771-1807, Emerson, William, 1701-1782, Machin, John, d. 1751, Newton, Isaac, Sir, 1642-1727. De mundi systemate. English · London, Printed for H. D. Symonds · leaf 59
*fore but 12868200 times lefs than the force of gravity. Suppofe now ADBE to reprefent the fpherical furface ofthe earth, aDbE the furface of the water overfpreading it,C the centre of both, A the place to which the fun is vertical,B the place oppolite ; D, £, places at 90 degrees diftancefrom the… … \K\a a line from A to C infifts at right angles^ and therefore in tbepart of the canal which is reprefented by EClm is of no quan-tity, but in the other part AClk is as the gravity at the feveralheights; for in defcending towards the centre of the earth_,gravity is (by prop. 73) every where as the…
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