</section> <section> <p type="head"> <s id="s.000007">ALEXANDRO FARNESIO <lb/>
CARDINALI AMPLISSIMO. <lb/>
ET OPTIMO.</s> </p>

<p type="main"> <s id="s.000008">Cvm multæ res in mathematicis <lb/>
di&longs;ciplinis nequaquam &longs;atis ad<lb/>
huc explicatæ &longs;int, tum perdif<lb/>
ficilis, & perob&longs;cura quæ&longs;tio <lb/>
e&longs;t de centro grauitatis corpo<lb/>
rum &longs;olidorum; quæ, & ad co<lb/>
gno&longs;cendum pulcherrima e&longs;t, <lb/>
& ad multa, quæ à mathematicis proponuntur, præ<lb/>
clare intelligenda maximum affert adiumentum. </s> <s id="s.000009">de <lb/>
qua neminem ex mathematicis, neque no&longs;tra, neque <lb/>
patrum no&longs;trorum memoria &longs;criptum reliqui&longs;&longs;e &longs;ci<lb/>
mus. </s> <s id="s.000010">& quamuis in earum monumentis literarum <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/>
nulla reperiantur, ex quibus in hanc &longs;ententiam addu<lb/>
ci po&longs;&longs;umus, vt exi&longs;timemus hanc rem ab <expan abbr="ij&longs;d&etilde;">ij&longs;dem</expan> vber<lb/>
rime tractatam e&longs;&longs;e; tamen ne&longs;cio quo fato adhuc <lb/>
in eiu&longs;modi librorum ignoratione ver&longs;amur. </s> <s id="s.000011">Archi<lb/>
medes quidem <expan abbr="mathematicor&utilde;">mathematicorum</expan> princeps in libello, <lb/>
cuius in&longs;criptio e&longs;t, <foreign lang="greek">ke/ntra ba/rwn e)pipe/dwn</foreign>, de centro pla<lb/>
norum copio&longs;i&longs;sime, atque acuti&longs;sime con&longs;crip&longs;it: & <lb/>
in eo explicando <expan abbr="&longs;ummã">&longs;ummam</expan> ingenii, & &longs;cientiæ <expan abbr="gloriã">gloriam</expan> e&longs;t <lb/>
<expan abbr="cõ&longs;ecutus">con&longs;ecutus</expan>. </s> <s id="s.000012">Sed de cognitione <expan abbr="c&etilde;tri">centri</expan> grauitatis <expan abbr="corpor&utilde;">corporum</expan> <lb/>
<expan abbr="&longs;olidor&utilde;">&longs;olidorum</expan> nulla in eius libris litera inuenitur. </s> <s id="s.000013">non mul<lb/>
tos abhinc annos MARCELLVS II. PONT. MAX.