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M A C H I N 1 S 



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AVC I OHE 



L. ErLEKO. 



§■ X. 



C.im difciplin.ie Al.ithcniaticnc fcinpcr ob ccrtiiuuincm 

 ct pcrlpiciut.icem , c]U;i rcliquis :utibih lon^^c ■.intcccl- 

 Innc , ni.it^ni lint :ic(linT.U;ic cc coH.UKlntac , mni inipri- 

 mis propccr liimm.un vtilitatcm , qii.uTi ad comnuinc vi- 

 t:ic commoJum .ifTcrre vidcntur , omni honorc , (liidii>.(|ue 

 hominum digni(rim:ic funt h:\bit.ic. Qiicm :id luoJiim 

 cnim vix vHum vit:ie gcnus Arithmctic:\ c:ucic pottd , 

 ncque paijca Geomctrutc cognitioncm rcquirunt , atque 

 A(h-onomi.i aJ vit:im conunodc in(litucnJ:un plurima ad- 

 minicula (iippcditac ^ ita Alcchanicae vlus latidimc p.uct , 

 cum plciacquc artcs opc Machinarum , qu.irum inucntio ct 

 pcrfc(flio Mcch.uuc:ic dcbctur, abloluuntur. Qiios infigncs 

 viib cum (bla Mathcfi!» c'cmcntaris , qu.ic iam a longo 

 tcmpore c(l inucnta ct pcr^raiflara , pracrt.uc putctur , non 

 lcucb inJc obicdioncr. contra vtilitatem Mathclcos iiil)tilio- 

 ris , quac hoc imprimis fcculo cxcoli cft cocpt.i , opjjoni 

 Iblcnt •, quod ab v(li populari abhorrcat , nimisque fit ar- 

 dua , q lam vt vllum cx ca conunodum in comnuinc 

 bonum rcdiindarc poHit. 



§ 2. Qiiamquam autcm incrcmcnta Aflronomi:ic alia- 

 rumquc M:ithc(cos partium , quac rcccntiori An;dyn (iil)li- 

 miori dictac ;icccpta (iint rcJcrcnda , cam ab iftis obicdio- 



nibus 



