...understand, if we consider the motions of projectiles; for a stone that is projected is by the pressure of its own weight forced out of the rectilinear path, which by the initial projection alone it should have pursued, and made to describe a curved line in the air; and...

...understand, if we consider the motions of projectiles; for a stone that is projected is by the pressure of its own weight forced out of the rectilinear path, which by the initial projection alone it should have pursued, and made to describe a curved line in the air, and...

...path of the moon. Newton insisted on this analogy: "... a stone that is projected is by the pressure of its own weight forced out of the rectilinear path, which by the initial projection alone it should have pursued, and made to describe a curved line in the air, and...

...«. by the preflure of its own weight forced VoL L out of the redilinear path, which by the projedion alone it fhould have purfued, and made to defcribe...line in the air ; and through that crooked way is at Jaft brought down to the ground. And the greater the velocity is with which it is projeded, the. farther...

...understand, if we consider the motions of projectiles; for a stone that is projected is by the pressure of its own weight forced out of the rectilinear path, which by the initial projection alone it should have pursued, and made to describe a curved line in the air; and...