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be_v make_v in_o pleno_fw-la as_o in_fw-la vacuo_fw-la pag._n 56._o xxxv_o when_o the_o body_n be_v unequal_a the_o percussion_n be_v make_v in_o pleno_fw-la otherwise_o than_o in_o vacuo_fw-la pag._n 57_o xxxvi_o the_o percussion_n of_o unequal_a body_n can_v be_v reduce_v to_o one_o general_n rule_n pag._n 59_o xxxvii_o of_o refraction_n pag._n 61._o xxxviii_o the_o conclusion_n pag._n 62._o a_o appendix_n contain_v a_o review_n of_o this_o discourse_n make_v by_o the_o author_n himself_o pag._n 67._o a_o discourse_n of_o local_a motion_n i._o a_o body_n be_v in_o itself_o indifferent_a to_o rest_n or_o motion_n if_o we_o shall_v imagine_v that_o in_o the_o world_n there_o be_v nothing_o corporeal_a but_o one_o or_o two_o ball_n and_o sever_v from_o the_o same_o whatever_o may_v cause_v any_o kind_n of_o secret_a commerce_n whereby_o the_o one_o may_v attract_v or_o repel_v the_o other_o or_o if_o we_o shall_v consider_v such_o ball_n free_a from_o all_o kind_n of_o particular_a 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