When a force act on a bad fo a inappreci- abi aor tm, ahd yet sensibly changes ts velocity, seemed an cen lanour or impose ree Suc 7 maybe, M/ and therefore fay be so large Stouible or cren considerable magntide, Thur f SM contaia a pound of ‘ater, and f the force consi ten thowsand us hoogh were ao shor ‘tote only the yduth af «second the veloc cimmunlated bythe force Srould be ose of io per secotd tf lo ta be remarked that the boty fel ne sensity move le ths velco being commusiented tha the eae suppeatd the body woul ely ove ough ofthe hh of & feat nie the farce sce pon ‘Wen one body impinges om another i fll from the law of the ‘quality of action and rection (99 ht watever force the ft oy exerts ‘ton the second the second wil exe am equal force upon the ft i the ‘pposte direction ; ow forces ae properinal tothe tomenta yenerated inthe se time consequently, there forces generate uring the whole of ny par of the time of impact i the bodies respervey pan! moment ‘Nitheonrary signs; and therefore the sum of the momenta the tne bodies Srl emain constant during and atthe end of he impact eis of course derstood Sat if the two bucos move a contrary decnons thr moran ave opposite signs aed the sum ean algebra sm. I dar ten the ply! valiity of ti coneluion, Newon mace sree of experiment, ‘rh may be bey described thas" we balls A abd B are hang fom Dimes, D, in the sme hosel ne by Ud in such manner that ‘eircenies A and B are tn the sume hordes Une” With centre C and BER gles ge serstss = Lun Zt hs a aan Scie 3 aadggyae me soba Ub gt BZ ge Bo 5 $28 e Be Ha gece ie ire Hd 2RuF bs osts u Pete goke He €xui8 ae sats as Inthe following sections Bacon speaks ofthe laws governing the propagation of forces through diferent media, expressing eas] ‘that show some similarity tothe nation of refraction of lines of force in modern electrostatics, for instance. en ow 7 which jC orginted. “Force” ation. In this respect Bacon ap- parently follows ceriain ideas that were advanced in Greek science inorder to explain vison and other optical pheaomena. Aristotle In his treatie On dioinetion® refers to a theory of Deneritus according to which a wsble object continually emits socalled eidle that are able to alect the sleeper at night and account for his dreams. Lucrtis, in his De ronum natura says: ‘Pictures of things and thin shapes are ested from thingy off tie surface.” Diogenes Laertins reports Epicure assaying “There are mols conforming to all slid bodies and preserving the se shape and configuration which emanate frm them and ‘read though space with extraedinary speed. They may be called images."* Optical speculations of thi type undoubtedly 4ed Bacon to his mathematical treatment of forces and his concep ion of specles*" No wonder that a majoe part of his Opus mates ° & 2258Ee3 Ba Widsersy iy cttak 2 BBG dar al ee cesses? e: HERERG gcHis paikiis : bd Hae Pte Hin & 3 Fess eseee 38 amet Ep apiyesyt i Be2339 Peart abs gal peshpeseciie id Heaps RIA TREE ES a esi sgeiids e284“oft ad ‘omens snd 212 “008 ye eis ojaaesg ‘mgpequeg) aanuapads actin 2G MSDN ‘paureydao are sop pue sour, “spayuiiew sures am Jo uon>e0r se [fom SE KONDE se parapysua aqes v sv pur aseqamnd v aaishyd susie aug," x3 wo se s9p0d i285 As9Agy “UO o8 pee sired Surecofpe omy Jo 2:00 romans £q s2pods oxy sysuen ‘ued sim pue qwoqped 30 wnypow amp Jo yred yemp co se quae aU, aq) Woy KEL Puodds sy poajy; NOMEN Tey esoddns 10H Lex owod 40 tat9809 kviNOLMIN STL