A View of Sir Isaac Newton's PhilosophyPemberton, Henry
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A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy
Pemberton, Henry
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727. Principia
91. IF the line A I be drawn so as to divide the angle under E A D in
the middle, and the line I K be drawn perpendicular to the horizon;
this line will touch the circle in the point I, and if the body be
thrown in the direction A I, it will fall upon the point K: and this
point K is the farthest point in the line A D, which the body can be
made to strike, without increasing its velocity.
92. THE velocity, wherewith the body every where moves, may be found
thus. Suppose the body to move in the parabola A B (fig. 71.) Erect A
C perpendicular to the horizon, and equal to the height, from which a
body must fall to acquire the velocity, wherewith the body sets out
from A. If you take any points as D and E in the parabola, and draw
D F and E G parallel to the horizon; the velocity of the body in D
will be equal to what a body will acquire in falling down by its own
weight through C F, and in E the velocity will be the same, as would
be acquired in falling through C G. Thus the body moves slowest at
the highest point H of the parabola; and at equal distances from this
point will move with equal swiftness, and descend from that highest
point through the line H B altogether like to the line A H in which it
ascended; abating only the resistance of the air, which is not here
considered. If the line H I be drawn from the highest point H parallel
to the horizon, A I will be equal to ¼ of B G in fig. 70, when the body
is projected in the direction A G, and equal to ¼ of B H, when the body
is thrown in the direction A H provided A D be drawn horizontally.
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