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<p id="id.2.1.55.2.0.0.0" type="main"> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.1.0">Sit libra AB, cuius centrum C; &longs;intq; vt in primo ca&longs;u duo pon<lb/>
dera EF ex punctis BG &longs;u&longs;pen&longs;a: &longs;itq; GH ad HB, vt pondus <lb/>
F ad pondus E. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.1.0.a">Dico pondera EF t&agrave;m in GB ponderare, qu&agrave;m <lb/>
&longs;i vtraq; ex diui&longs;ionis puncto H &longs;u&longs;pendantur. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.2.0">Con&longs;truantur ea <lb/>
dem, hoc e&longs;t fiat AC ip&longs;i CH &aelig;qualis, &amp; ex puncto A duo ap&shy;<lb/>
pendantur pondera LM, ita vt pondus E ad pondus L, &longs;it vt <lb/>
CA ad CG; vt autem CB ad CA, ita &longs;it pondus M ad pondus <lb/>
F. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.2.0.a">pondera LM ip&longs;is EF in GB appen&longs;is (vt &longs;upra dictum e&longs;t) <lb/>
&aelig;queponderabunt. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.3.0">Sint deinde puncta NO centra grauitatis pon<lb/>
derum EF; connectanturq; GN BO; iungaturq; NO, qu&aelig; tan&shy;<lb/>
quam libra erit; qu&aelig; etiam efficiat lineas GN BO inter &longs;e &longs;e &aelig;qui&shy;<lb/>
di&longs;tantes e&longs;&longs;e; &agrave; punctoq; H horizonti perpendicularis ducatur <lb/>
HP, qu&aelig; NO &longs;ecet in P, atq; ip&longs;is GN BO &longs;it &aelig;quidi&longs;tans. <lb/>
</s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.3.0.a">deniq; connectatur GO, qu&aelig; HP &longs;ecet in R. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.4.0">Quoniam igitur <lb/>
HR e&longs;t lateri BO trianguli GBO &aelig;quidi&longs;tans; erit GH ad HB, <lb/>
vt GR ad RO. </s> <s id="N124F8">&longs;imiliter quoniam RP e&longs;t lateri GN trianguli <arrow.to.target n="note104"/><lb/>
OGN &aelig;quidi&longs;tans; erit GR ad RO, vt NP ad PO. </s> <s id="N124FF">quare <lb/>
vt GH ad HB, ita e&longs;t NP ad PO. </s> <s id="N12503">vt autem GH ad HB, ita <arrow.to.target n="note105"/><lb/>
e&longs;t pondus F ad pondus E; vt igitur NP ad PO, ita e&longs;t pondus <lb/>
F ad pondus E. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.4.0.a">punctum ergo P centrum erit grauitatis magni&shy;<lb/>
tudinis ex vtri&longs;q; EF ponderibus compo&longs;it&aelig;. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.5.0">Intelligantur itaq; <arrow.to.target n="note106"/><lb/>
pondera EF ita e&longs;&longs;e &agrave; libra NO connexa, ac &longs;i vna tant&ugrave;m e&longs;&longs;et <lb/>
magnitudo ex vtri&longs;q; EF compo&longs;ita, in puncti&longs;q; BG appen&longs;a. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.6.0">&longs;i <lb/>
igitur ponderum &longs;u&longs;pen&longs;iones BG &longs;oluantur, manebunt pondera <arrow.to.target n="note107"/><lb/>
EF ex HP &longs;u&longs;pen&longs;a; &longs;icuti in GB prius manebant. </s> <s id="id.2.1.55.2.1.7.0">pondera ver&ograve; EF <lb/>
in GB appen&longs;a ip&longs;is LM ponderibus &aelig;queponderant, &amp; pondera