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Chap. LXI.—Motion produced by the Loss of Equilibrium.

Motion is created by the loss of due equipoise, that is, by inequality of weight; for nothing can

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Plate 5.
Chap. 62.
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London Published by J. Taylor High Holborn.

​move of itself, without losing its centre of gravity, and the farther that is removed, the quicker and stronger will be the motion.

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