Opticks 1717 - Up

fkllf2 quantity Of attrac”cing Surface, is recipr0cflll.y
8S thC difEance between the GlaKes+
Alld th~~f~re ~hCre the diltance is exceeding
l’tn& thC Attra&ion mulk be exceeding
grqat. by th& Table in the fecond Part of
1-11,~ fccond B3ook, wlierein the thiclineii’es dj
iOlOW’d I”liltCS Of Water bet-ween two Glaf$es
krd fct down 7 the, thiclmefs of the Plate where
it nppqrs wry, Mac& 5 is three eighths of the
ten h~und~,cd thoufand.th part of an Inch. And
~7hcre the Oil of Oranges between the GM&
Is of this, thic~~l,vzfs~ the AttraRion ,colleAed by
the forc@ing +le, feems to be ib itrong, as
within a Circl’c of an Inch in diatieter, to fuffice
to hqld qj a Weight equal @‘that of aCy,
linder of Water of an JTnch in diameter 9 and
TWO or the6 hd&gs in length. And kkm
jt is of ,a lci’s thicknef‘s the Attra&ion niay be
proporc~on;-Jy greater, and continue to increaiea,
until th tlkknck do not exceed that of a fingle
I’articlc of the (IXL l‘here are, therefore
bgcllts ill ~+&I~LLIT d~lc: to makq: the ParticIes of
@adies {‘tick together by VeFy itrong AttraAions.
And it is the .I2uiinefs of experinielatal PhilOfO~
‘ipby to find them out, I’
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