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nydus/Miscellanea Curiosa, Volume IPublic
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Miscellanea Curiosa.

Line of Descent by its own Gravity.

  1. If therefore this be added to a projecting Force downward in a Perpendicular; or subducted from such projecting Force upward; that is, to or from

1-a / nf: The Descent in the first Case will be

1-a / nf +

nt - 1 + a / nng; and the Ascent in the other Case

1-a / nf -

nt - 1 + a / nng. And in this latter Case, when the ablative Part becomes equal to the positive Part, the Ascent is at the highest; and thenceforth (the ablative Part exceeding the positive) will descend.

  1. In an Horizontal or Oblique Projection, having taken 1-a / n f, in the Line of Projection, and thence (at the Angle given) nt - 1 + a / nn g, in the Line of Descent; the Point in the Curve answering to these, is the Place of the Project answering to that Moment.
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