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| (24) Preterea sit gleba terre in Z, et ibidem sit quantitas aque, et absit omne prohibens: cum igitur, ut dictum est, omne grave moveatur ad centrum proprie circumferentie, terra movebitur per lineam rectam ad A, et aqua per lineam rectam ad B; sed hoc oportebit esse per lineas diversas, ut patet in figura signata; quod non solum est impossibile, sed rideret Aristotiles si audiret. Et hoc erat secundum, quod declarari debebatur. | (24) Again, let there be a clod of earth at Z, and let there be a quantity of water at the same place, and let there be no obstacle. Then, since everything that has weight moves, as already declared, to the centre of its proper circumference, the earth will move along the straight line to A, and the water along the straight line to B; but this will of necessity be along different lines, as is clear from the marked figure; and not only is this impossible, but Aristotle would laugh to hear it; and this is the second point which had to be shown. |