Three Lectures on Rational Mechanics, or the Theory of Motion (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Three Lectures on Rational Mechanics, or the Theory of MotionWhat so like breathing, especially of those fish who draw water into their mouths, and spout it out again, through their gills, as that wonderful tide. For although it is so regulated, according to the course of the moon, that in the preface to my commentaries on Mars, I have mentioned it as probable that the waters are attracted by the moon, as iron is by the loadstone, yet if any one uphold that the earth regulate its breathing accord ing to the motion of the sun and moon, as animals have daily and nightly alternations of sleeping and waking, I shall not think his philosophy unworthy of being list ened to, especially if any ¿exible parts should be dis covered in the depths of the earth to supply the func tions of lungs or gills. The imagination of Kepler, by which the earth itself, and all things therein, were animated, was utterly irreconcilable with the idea that matter is wholly inert, and therefore equally indifferent to motion or to rest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.