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)
Thomas Hobbes · en
1. In simple motion, every strait line taken in the body moved is so
carried, that it is always parallel to the places in which it
formerly was.—2. If circular motion be made about a resting centre,
and in that circle there be an epicycle, whose revolution is made
the contrary way, in such manner that in equal times it make equal
angles, every strait line taken in that epicycle will be so carried,
that it will always be parallel to the places in which it formerly
was.—3. The properties of simple motion.—4. If a fluid be moved with
simple circular motion, all the points taken in it will describe
their circles in times proportional to the distances from the
centre.—5. Simple motion dissipates heterogeneous and congregates
homogeneous bodies.—6. If a circle made by a movent moved with
simple motion be commensurable to another circle made by a point
which is carried about by the same movent, all the points of both
the circles will at some time return to the same situation.—7.. If a
sphere have simple motion, its motion will more dissipate
heterogeneous bodies by how much it is more remote from the
poles.—8. If the simple circular motion of a fluid body be hindered
by a body which is not fluid, the fluid body will spread itself upon
the superficies of that body.—9. Circular motion about a fixed
centre casteth off by the tangent such things as lie upon the
circumference and stick not to it.—10. Such things, as are moved
with simple circular motion, beget simple circular motion.—11. If
that which is so moved have one side hard and the other side fluid,
its motion will not be perfectly circular.
[Sidenote: In simple motion, every strait line taken in the body moved
is so carried, that it is always parallel to the places in
which it formerly was.]
1. I have already defined _simple motion_ to be that, in which the
several points taken in a moved body do in several equal times describe
several equal arches. And therefore in simple circular motion it is
necessary that every strait line taken in the moved body be always
carried parallel to itself; which I thus demonstrate.