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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 38 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli Translated by Paul Maquet Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE VOLUME38 General Editor: STEPHEN GAUKROGER, University of Sydney Editorial Advisory Board: RACHEL ANKENY, University of Adelaide PETER ANSTEY, University of Otago STEVEN FRENCH, University of Leeds KOEN VERMEIR, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven OFER GAL, University of Sydney CLEMENCY MONTELLE, University of Canterbury JOHN SCHUSTER, Campion College & University of Sydney RICHARD YEO, Griffith University NICHOLAS RASMUSSEN, University of New South Wales More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/5671 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (deceased) ’ Borelli s On the Movement of Animals - On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity Translated by Paul Maquet GiovanniAlfonsoBorelli(deceased) ProfessorofMathematicsinNaples Naples,Italy ISSN0929-6425 ISBN978-3-319-08535-7 ISBN978-3-319-08536-4(eBook) DOI10.1007/978-3-319-08536-4 SpringerChamHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2014953783 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2015 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionor informationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Exemptedfromthislegalreservationarebriefexcerpts inconnectionwithreviewsorscholarlyanalysisormaterialsuppliedspecificallyforthepurposeofbeing enteredandexecutedonacomputersystem,forexclusiveusebythepurchaserofthework.Duplication ofthispublicationorpartsthereofispermittedonlyundertheprovisionsoftheCopyrightLawofthe Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer.PermissionsforusemaybeobtainedthroughRightsLinkattheCopyrightClearanceCenter. ViolationsareliabletoprosecutionundertherespectiveCopyrightLaw. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexempt fromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication,neithertheauthorsnortheeditorsnorthepublishercanacceptanylegalresponsibilityfor anyerrorsoromissionsthatmaybemade.Thepublishermakesnowarranty,expressorimplied,with respecttothematerialcontainedherein. Printedonacid-freepaper SpringerispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia(www.springer.com) Foreword of G.A. Borelli to the Reader Learned reader, in this book On the Natural Motions Resulting from Gravity, together with the preceding On the Force of Percussion, you have everything which had to be presented beforehand for a perfect understanding of the theory onthemovementsofanimals,exceptforseveralmechanicallemmaswhichwillbe explained later according tothe requirements ofthe subject. Imust,however, say some words concerning this work and the previous one. In both I often express opinionsdifferentfromthoseoffamousauthors.ButIdisplaythegreatestmodesty and moderation. Whenever I criticize opinions, I do not attack the names of the authorsortheirfame.Ionlylookforthetruth,whilerespectingthedignityandthe reputationofthemostfamousgentlemen.IndeedImentionthenamesoftheauthors stillaliveonlywhentheopportunityarisestopraisethem.Whencontroversiesrage, thenamesoftheauthorsareconcealedandnotmentioned.Despitesuchscrupulous moderationandmodesty,Icouldnotavoidthemordacityofcontradictors.There- fore,ascanbeseen,IholdforthnottodeviatefromtheserulesandIdonotwantto partfromthem.Totheopponents,ifthereareany,Iwanttogivemyjustifyingand obstinateanswer.But,ifnecessary,Iwillexposemytheorybetterandmoreclearly orcorrectitwhereperhapsIhumanlymademistakes. Greetings. v Contents 1 ThereAreMovementsofSublunaryBodiesinaFluid Environment,WhichNobodyDealtwithsoFar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 OntheMomentsofConsistentandFluidHeavy BodiesFloatinginFluids. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. 3 SuppositionI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SuppositionII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SuppositionIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SuppositionIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PropositionI. .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 4 PropositionII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PropositionIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PropositionIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PropositionV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CorollaryI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CorollaryII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PropositionVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PropositionVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PropositionVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PropositionIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PropositionX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Corollary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PropositionXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 PropositionXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3 EveryFluidBodyAmongThoseWhichRestontheSurface oftheEarthisHeavyandExertstheForceofItsGravity, EvenWhenPresentandQuiescentinItsduePlace,inAll theFluidofItsKind. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PropositionXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 PropositionXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 vii viii Contents PropositionXV. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . 23 PropositionXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PropositionXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PropositionXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PropositionXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PropositionXX. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . 27 PropositionXXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PropositionXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PropositionXXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PropositionXXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 PropositionXXV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 PropositionXXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 PropositionXXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 PropositionXXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 PropositionXXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 PropositionXXX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PropositionXXXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 PropositionXXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 PropositionXXXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 PropositionXXXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 PropositionXXXV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 PropositionXXXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 PropositionXXXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 4 ThereIsNoPositiveLightnessintheNatureofThings. . . . . . . . . 41 PropositionXXXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 PropositionXXXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 PropositionXL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 PropositionXLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 PropositionXLII. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. 48 PropositionXLIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PropositionXLIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PropositionXLV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 PropositionXLVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 PropositionXLVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 PropositionXLVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PropositionXLIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PropositionL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 PropositionLI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 PropositionLII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 PropositionLIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 PropositionLIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 SuppositionV. . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . 57 SuppositionVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 PropositionLV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 PropositionLVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Contents ix PropositionLVII. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. 59 PropositionLVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 PropositionLIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 PropositionLX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 PropositionLXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 PropositionLXII. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. 63 PropositionLXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 PropositionLXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 PropositionLXV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 PropositionLXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 PropositionLXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 PropositionLXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 PropositionLXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 PropositionLXX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 PropositionLXXI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 PropositionLXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 PropositionLXXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 PropositionLXXIV.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 73 PropositionLXXV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 PropositionLXXVI.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 75 PropositionLXXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PropositionLXXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 PropositionLXXIX.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 80 PropositionLXXX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 PropositionLXXXI.. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 81 PropositionLXXXII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 PropositionLXXXIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 PropositionLXXXIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 PropositionLXXXV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 PropositionLXXXVI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 PropositionLXXXVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 86 PropositionLXXXVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 DefinitionI. . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. 87 DefinitionII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 SuppositionVII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 SuppositionVIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 PropositionLXXXIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 PropositionXC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 PropositionXCI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 PropositionXCII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 SuppositionIX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 PropositionXCIII. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 SuppositionX. . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . .. . 93 PropositionXCIV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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