_Fig. 3._ Is the elastical spiral Spring of a Watch, out of its Box, and unwinding it self more weakly, as it is less restrained.

_Fig. 4._ Is the same Spring in its Barrel A B join'd by a Chain to its Fusee C D, or spiral Line about a Cone, which Cone has the Semidiameter or Distance from its Axis in the very same Proportion, greater as the Spring is weaker, and lesser as the Spring is stronger: that so the absolute Force on the Wheels of the Watch may be ever the same, for the exact Equality of their Motion in all Cases.

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_Fig. 5._ Is an Imitation of a Waggon or Coach, with its fore Wheels E F, either equal (as here,) or else lesser, or greater, than the hinder G H; to be drawn by a Weight w in the Scale, either upon an Horizontal, or upon an Inclined Plain A B, and to get over any Obstacle as C D: The Quadrant M, and Bullet N, are to shew the Quantity of the Elevation of that Plain, for the Tryal of Experiments relating to all such Sort of Vehicles.

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_Fig. 6._ Is a strong Machine, with a Wheel O P, and its Winch R, and String O P L K, its lesser Barrel K L, circular Table A B, Scale with a Weight w, suspended by a String that comes through the hollow Axis C D, and oblique Tube G C, in which Mercury or a Bullet is included; its Screw H; its Balls I and B, and their Strings; To shew that Motion once begun always continues, till some other Cause stops it: That absolute and respective Motion are entirely different: And to shew withal the Endeavour of Bodies that move circularly to recede from the Center of their Motion, on inclined, as well as horizontal Plains, and that in the same Circle in a duplicate Proportion to their Velocity.

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Figure 1. Is an Instrument to shew the various Parabola's that are made by Projectils, and particularly the Truth of the several Rules in the Art of Gunnery. Wherein A B is a Tunnel full of Quicksilver, D K is a Glass Tube, let into a Groove or Frame of Wood for its Support, and at K is a fine Stem, accommodated to the Arch of a Quadrant L M, and turning upon its Center, to direct the projected Quicksilver to any Angle; while the Tube's perpendicular Altitude, or the Force that produces the Projection, is either the same, or altered by a different Inclination at Pleasure, according to the Nature of the several Experiments.