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charged than it would otherwife be. Suppofe, 
now, that the redundant fluid in AB is dil'- 
pofed in the fame manner as thte deficient fluid 
is in D F ; let P be to one as the force with 
whjch the plate AB would repel the fluid in 
CE, if the canal ME was continued to C, is 
to the force with which it would repel the fluid 
in CMj and let the force with which AB re- 
pels the fluid in C G, be to the force with 
which it would repel it, if the redundant fluid 
in it was fpread uniformly, as tt to i ^ and let 
the force with which the body H repels the 
fluid in C G, be the fame with which a quan- 
tity of redundant fluid, which we will call B, 
fpread uniformly over A B, would repel it in 
the contrary diredtion. Then will the redun- 
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dant fluid in A B be equal to , and 
therefore, if P is very fmall, will be very nearly 
equal to and the deficient fluid in DF 
will be to the redundant fluid in AB, as i - P 
to one, and therefore, if P is very fmall, will be ■ 
very nearly equal to the redundant fluid in 
A B, 
For it is plain, that the force with which AB 
repels the fluid in EM, muft be equal to that with 
which DF attracts itj for otherwife, fome fluid ' 
would run out of DF into L, or out of L into D‘ F : ^ 
for the fame reafon, the excefs of the repulfion of 
AB on the fluid in CG, above the attradtion of ED ’ 
thereon^ muft be equal to the force with which a 
quantity 
