The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11) — Thomas Hobbes — John Shaqi
The English works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury, Volume 01 (of 11)
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Coroll. II. If two bodies be moved in the same time, but with different
impetus, the lengths transmitted will be as impetus to impetus. For if
the time of both of them be A D, and their different impetus be A E and
A C, the proportion of A G to D C will be compounded of the proportions
of A E to A C and of A D to A D, that is, of the proportions of A E to A
C and of A C to A C; and so the proportion of A G to D C, that is, the
proportion of length to length, will be as A E to A C, that is, as that
of impetus to impetus. In like manner, if two bodies be moved uniformly,
and both of them with the same impetus, but in different times, the
proportion of the lengths transmitted by them will be as that of their
times. For if they have both the same impetus A C, and their different
times be A B and A D, the proportion of A F to D C will be compounded of
the proportions of A B to A D and of A C to A C; that is, of the
proportions of A B to A D and of A D to A D; and therefore the
proportion of A F to D C, that is, of length to length, will be the same
with that of A B to A D, which is the proportion of time to time.
[Sidenote: If two bodies pass through two lengths with uniform motion,
the proportion of their times to one another, will be
compounded of the proportions of length to length, and
impetus to impetus reciprocally taken; also the proportion of
their impetus to one another, will be compounded of the
proportions of length to length, and time to time
reciprocally taken.]
7. If two bodies pass through two lengths with uniform motion, the
proportion of the times in which they are moved will be compounded of
the proportions of length to length and impetus to impetus reciprocally
taken.