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Page 52
... Velocity . Therefore the Problem is determinate , as the Velocity may be taken so Great that E will not enter the water at all . In my Attempts to solve the Problem , I endeavoured to find the Velocity which wd . make the Fluid's ...
... Velocity . Therefore the Problem is determinate , as the Velocity may be taken so Great that E will not enter the water at all . In my Attempts to solve the Problem , I endeavoured to find the Velocity which wd . make the Fluid's ...
Page 53
... velocity of that moving from ye point A be y ° greater ; then , because ye resistance that this body meets with , or ye Decrease of celerity which is always proportional to it , by y laws of Motion , is as ye Square of ye Velocity , it ...
... velocity of that moving from ye point A be y ° greater ; then , because ye resistance that this body meets with , or ye Decrease of celerity which is always proportional to it , by y laws of Motion , is as ye Square of ye Velocity , it ...
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... Velocity , and is Itself the Quantity which might uniformly be generated in a constant Portion of Time , with the Amount or Remainder of that Velocity at the Instant of finding such Fluxion.19 " Illustration . " Suppose a Point D to ...
... Velocity , and is Itself the Quantity which might uniformly be generated in a constant Portion of Time , with the Amount or Remainder of that Velocity at the Instant of finding such Fluxion.19 " Illustration . " Suppose a Point D to ...
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