and_o castor_n a_o fly_a drake_n a_o burn_a candle_n a_o perpendicular_a fire_n a_o skip_a goat_n fly_v spark_n and_o a_o burn_a flame_n p._n 375_o 376._o 2._o of_o the_o generation_n of_o thunder_n fulguration_n and_o fulmination_n and_o of_o their_o effect_n of_o a_o thunder_n stone_n p._n 377_o 378._o 3._o of_o comet_n of_o their_o production_n p._n 379_o 380_o 381._o chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o term_n antiperistasis_n and_o a_o vacuum_n 1._o whether_o there_o be_v such_o a_o thing_n as_o a_o antiperistasis_n p._n 382._o 2._o whether_o a_o vacuum_n be_v impossible_a and_o why_o p._n 383._o 3._o experiment_n infer_v a_o vacuum_n answer_v p._n 384_o 385._o 4._o whether_o a_o vacuum_n can_v be_v effect_v by_o a_o angelical_a or_o by_o the_o divine_a power_n p._n 386._o 5_o whether_o local_a motion_n be_v possible_a in_o a_o vacuum_n a_o threefold_a sense_n of_o the_o doubt_n propose_v in_o what_o sense_n local_a motion_n be_v possible_a in_o a_o vacuum_n in_o what_o not_o ib._n 387._o chap._n xix_o of_o physical_a motion_n 1._o what_o a_o physical_a motion_n be_v the_o kind_n of_o it_o the_o definition_n of_o alteration_n local_a motion_n and_o quantitative_a motion_n the_o subdivision_n of_o local_a motion_n p._n 388_o 389._o 2._o that_o all_o alterative_a and_o quantitative_a motion_n be_v direct_v p._n 390._o 3._o that_o all_o external_a motion_n be_v violent_a ib._n 4._o that_o all_o weighty_a mix_v body_n be_v remove_v from_o their_o element_n be_v dispose_v to_o be_v detrude_v downward_o from_o without_o but_o do_v not_o move_v from_o any_o internal_a inclination_n or_o appetite_n they_o have_v to_o their_o universal_a centre_n p._n 391_o 392._o 5._o the_o cause_n of_o swiftness_n and_o slowness_n of_o external_a local_a motion_n 393_o 6._o that_o light_a body_n be_v dispose_v to_o be_v move_v upward_o ib._n 7._o that_o airy_a body_n be_v seat_v in_o the_o fiery_a region_n be_v dispose_v to_o be_v move_v downward_o p._n 394._o chap._n xx._n of_o attraction_n expulsion_n projection_n disruption_n undulation_n and_o recurrent_a motion_n 1._o how_o air_n be_v attract_v by_o a_o waterspout_n or_o siphon_n p._n 395._o 2._o the_o manner_n of_o another_o kind_n of_o attraction_n by_o a_o suck_a leather_n 396._o 3._o how_o two_o slat_n marble_n stone_n clap_v close_o together_o draw_v one_o another_o up_o ib._n 4._o how_o a_o wine-coopers_n pipe_n attract_v wine_n out_o of_o a_o cask_n ib._n 5._o how_o suck_v with_o one_o mouth_n attract_v water_n p._n 397._o 6._o how_o a_o sucker_n attract_v the_o water_n ib._n 7._o the_o manner_n of_o attraction_n by_o filtration_n p._n 398._o 8._o the_o manner_n of_o electrical_a attraction_n ib._n 9_o how_o fire_n and_o fiery_a body_n be_v say_v to_o attract_v p._n 399._o 400._o 10._o what_o projection_n be_v and_o the_o manner_n of_o it_o p._n 401._o 11._o what_o disruption_n undulation_n and_o recurrent_a motion_n be_v ib_n 402._o chap._n xxi_o of_o fire_n be_v a_o introduction_n to_o a_o new_a astronomy_n 1._o the_o fire_n division_n into_o three_o region_n p._n 402._o 2._o the_o qualification_n of_o the_o inferior_a region_n what_o the_o sun_n be_v what_o his_o torrid_a ray_n be_v and_o how_o generate_v ib._n 3._o how_o the_o other_o planet_n be_v generate_v ib._n 4._o how_o the_o fix_a star_n be_v generate_v p._n 404._o 5._o a_o further_a explanation_n of_o the_o star_n their_o ventilation_n that_o there_o be_v many_o star_n within_o the_o planetary_a region_n that_o be_v invisible_a of_o the_o appearance_n of_o new_a star_n or_o comet_n of_o the_o galaxia_fw-la or_o milk-way_n p._n 405._o 6._o that_o the_o fiery_a region_n be_v much_o attenuate_v p._n 406._o chap._n xxii_o of_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o element_n of_o fire_n 1._o where_o the_o pole_n of_o the_o heaven_n be_v p._n 408._o 2._o the_o opinion_n of_o ptolemy_n and_o tycho_n reject_v p._n 409._o 3._o that_o the_o planet_n move_v free_o and_o loose_o and_o why_o the_o fix_a star_n be_v move_v so_o uniform_o ib._n 4._o the_o sun_n retrograde_a motion_n unfold_v and_o the_o cause_n of_o it_o ib._n 5._o how_o the_o ecliptic_a aequator_fw-la and_o the_o zodiac_n be_v first_o find_v out_o p._n 410_o 6._o the_o manner_n of_o the_o fiery_a heaven_n their_o ventilation_n p._n 411._o 7._o whence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o sun_n move_v swift_a through_o the_o austrinal_a medeity_n and_o slow_a through_o the_o boreal_a how_o the_o sun_n happen_v to_o measure_v a_o large_a fiery_a tract_n at_o some_o season_n in_o the_o same_o time_n than_o at_o other_o p._n 412._o 8._o whence_o the_o difference_n of_o the_o sun_n great_a declination_n in_o the_o time_n of_o hipparchus_n ptolemy_n and_o of_o this_o our_o age_n happen_v p._n 414._o 9_o a_o undoubted_a and_o exact_a way_n of_o calculate_v the_o natural_a end_n of_o the_o world_n the_o manner_n of_o the_o world_n dissolution_n the_o same_o prove_v also_o by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n the_o prevention_n of_o a_o calumny_n ib._n 415_o 416._o chap._n xxiii_o of_o the_o magnitude_n and_o distance_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n and_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o other_o planet_n 1._o that_o the_o magnitude_n of_o the_o sun_n have_v not_o be_v probable_o much_o less_o certain_o state_v by_o any_o the_o argument_n vulgar_o proffer_v for_o the_o proof_n of_o the_o sun_n magnitude_n reject_v p._n 417_o 418._o 2._o that_o the_o sun_n may_v be_v capable_a enough_o of_o illuminate_v the_o world_n be_v he_o much_o lesser_a than_o the_o terraqueous_a globe_n than_o i_o suppose_v he_o to_o be_v p_o 419._o 3._o that_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v to_o some_o extent_n cylindrical_n ib._n 4._o that_o the_o sun_n exist_v in_o the_o aequator_fw-la do_v at_o once_o illuminate_v the_o whole_a hemisphere_n of_o the_o earth_n ib._n 5._o concern_v the_o diminution_n or_o increase_n of_o the_o shadow_n of_o the_o earth_n within_o the_o polar_n together_o with_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o prolongation_n and_o abbreviation_n of_o the_o day_n that_o the_o sun_n be_v much_o big_a than_o he_o appear_v to_o be_v p_o 420._o 6._o what_o the_o spot_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o moon_n be_v and_o their_o cause_n ib._n 7._o that_o the_o argument_n propose_v by_o astronomer_n for_o render_v the_o moon_n lesser_a than_o the_o earth_n and_o prove_v the_o distance_n of_o the_o sun_n be_v invalid_a p._n 421._o 8._o that_o the_o moon_n be_v by_o far_o lesser_a than_o the_o earth_n ib._n 9_o several_a phaenomena_n of_o the_o moon_n demonstrate_v p._n 422._o 10._o concern_v the_o motion_n of_o venus_n and_o mercury_n p_o 423._o 11._o of_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o fix_a star_n and_o their_o scintillation_n p._n 424._o chap._n i._o problem_n relate_v to_o the_o earth_n 1._o why_o two_o weighty_a body_n be_v not_o move_v downward_o in_o parallel_a line_n p._n 426._o 2._o why_o a_o great_a stone_n be_v more_o difficult_o move_v on_o the_o top_n of_o a_o high_a hill_n than_o below_o p._n 427._o 3._o why_o a_o pair_n of_o scales_n be_v easy_a move_v empty_a than_o balance_v ib._n 4._o whence_o it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n may_v carry_v a_o great_a weight_n upon_o a_o wheelbarrow_n than_o upon_o his_o back_n ib._n 5._o why_o a_o weighty_a body_n be_v easy_a thrust_n forward_o with_o a_o pole_n than_o immediate_o by_o one_o arm_n beside_o 5._o other_o probl._n more_o p._n 428_o 429_o 430_o 6._o why_o a_o stick_v thrust_v into_o a_o hole_n if_o bend_a be_v apt_a to_o be_v break_v near_o the_o hole_n what_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o relaxation_n of_o a_o bow_a stick_n be_v p._n 431._o 7._o whether_o gold_n do_v attract_v mercury_n ib._n 8._o why_o the_o herb_n of_o the_o sun_n vulgar_o call_v chrysanthemum_fw-la peruvianum_n obvert_v its_o leaf_n and_o flower_n to_o the_o sun_n wheresoever_o he_o be_v p._n 432._o why_o the_o laurel_n be_v seldom_o or_o never_o struoken_v by_o lightning_n b._n chap._n ii_o contain_v problem_n relate_v to_o water_n 1._o why_o be_v red_a hot_a iron_n render_v hard_a by_o be_v quench_v in_o cold_a water_n p._n 432._o 2._o 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