The Summary of Physics Restored

Name: The Summary of Physics Restored
Author: Attributed to Jean d’Espagnet

A Fresh English Translation from the Complete 1653 Latin Enchiridion

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Natura vniformiter & ordinatè machinam vniuersi mouet, ita tamen vt inæqualia & dissimilia inæquali & dissimili motu verset: hanc inæqualitatis legem æquitas Geometrica postulat: Ita omnium corporum cælestium motus æquales dici possunt ratione Geometricâ, habitâ nempe ratione differentiæ magnitudinis, distantiæ & naturæ eorum.

English

Nature moves the structure of the Universe uniformly and in order, yet moves unequal and dissimilar things with unequal and dissimilar movement. Geometrical equity requires this law of inequality. Thus the movements of all heavenly bodies may be called equal in a geometrical proportion, taking account of their differences in size, distance and nature.

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The complete 1653 Enchiridion physicae restitutae, conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet, with Latin and a fresh English translation, all 245 canons, the title and maxim, address to students, epigram, original marginalia, 140 modern annotations and the complete supplied Diotimos study apparatus.

Historical Text and Translation

Anonymous, Enchiridion physicae restitutae. Geneva: Jean-Antoine and Samuel de Tournes, 1653. ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Rar 4790; digitised by e-rara, doi:10.3931/e-rara-21407. Conventionally attributed to Jean d’Espagnet; the original title page is anonymous.

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