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Jin Arithmetical 'Paradox^ concern* 

 ing the Chances of Lotteries • 

 the Honourable Francis Roberts, 

 Efy; Fellow of the R. S. 



AS fome Truths (like the Axioms of Geo* 

 metry and Metaphyfickj) are felf-evident 

 at the fxrft View, fb there are others no lefs 

 certain in their Foundation, that have a very 

 different Afpeft, and without a ftrid and care- 

 ful Examination, rather feem repugnant. 



We may find Inftances of this kind in molt 

 Sciences. 



In Geometry, That a Body of an infinite 

 Length, may yet have but a finite Magni- 

 tude. 



In Geography, That if Antwerp be due Eaft 

 to London, for that reafon London cannot be 

 Weft to Amwerf. 



In Agronomy, That at the Barbadoes (and 

 other Places between the Line and Tropick) 

 the Sun, part of the Year, comes twice in a 

 Morning to fome Points of the Compafs. 



In HyaroftaticksyThat a- hollow Cone (Hand- 

 ing upon its Bafis) being fill'd with Water, 

 the Water (hall prefs the bottom with three 

 times the Weight, as if the fame Water was 

 frozen to Ice j and Figures might be contriv'd 

 to make it prefs a hundred times as much. 



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