. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. parent ease. To Halley the world owes a great debt of gratitude—first,for discovering the Prmcipia; second, for seeing it throughthe press; and third, for defraying the cost of its publicationout of his own scanty purse. For though he ultimately suf-fered no pecuniary loss, rather the contrary, yet there wasconsiderable risk in bringing out a book which not a dozenmen living could at the time comprehend. It is no smallpart of the merit of Halley that he recognized the transcend-ent value of the yet unfinished w
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages. parent ease. To Halley the world owes a great debt of gratitude—first,for discovering the Prmcipia; second, for seeing it throughthe press; and third, for defraying the cost of its publicationout of his own scanty purse. For though he ultimately suf-fered no pecuniary loss, rather the contrary, yet there wasconsiderable risk in bringing out a book which not a dozenmen living could at the time comprehend. It is no smallpart of the merit of Halley that he recognized the transcend-ent value of the yet unfinished work, that he brought it tolight, and assisted in its becoming understood to the best ofhis ability.—O. Lodge. The Laws of Motion. (Discovered by Galileo, stated by Ne-wlon.) 1. If no force acts on a body in motion, it continues tomove uniformly in a straight line. 2. If force acts on a body in motion, it produces a changeof motion proportional to the force, and in the same direction. 3. When one body exerts force on another, that otherreacts with equal force upon the NEWTONS TELESCOPE.
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