100 ESSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



from the other parts, were there no cot 

 hefion. But, where there is a cohefion, 

 that r.t|:ra(5live forte muft oppofe the mo- 

 ving power. And, if either the coheiioii 

 be iiroi^g, or the velocity of the moving 

 poy/er but f-^.jall, thib oppofition muft 

 ccntinuejtil) iuch time as all he parts of the 

 body have acquired oue common veloci- 

 ty. ' That part of the body which is im- 

 mediately aded upon by the moving 

 power, is firfl put into motion » and, 

 drawing the other parts after it, gradual- 

 ly communicates motion to them, tvith- 

 out ever getting beyond the reaci: *f their 

 attradlion, or being broke afunder. ]K\t, 

 it is fiill to the movir.g power that the mo- 

 tion of the whole body muft be afcribed ; 

 becaufe the attraction among the rmall 

 particles being mutual, will oppofe the 

 motion one way, as much as it promotes 

 it the other; and fo can neither foiward 

 nor obfti udl the motion upon the whole. 

 The attrajflion ferves only to connect and 

 link the feveral parts together, 1 he force 

 loft by one body, is precifely equal to 



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