Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 3

           For,withrespecttothatpartoftheearthoverwhichthemonarchpresides,thestoneisenduedatoneofitssideswithanattractivepower,andattheotherwitharepulsive.Uponplacingthemagneterect,withitsattractingendtowardstheearth,theislanddescends;butwhentherepellingextremitypointsdownwards,theislandmountsdirectlyupwards.Whenthepositionofthestoneisoblique,themotionoftheislandissotoo:forinthismagnet,theforcesalwaysactinlinesparalleltoitsdirection.

           Bythisobliquemotion,theislandisconveyedtodifferentpartsofthemonarch’sdominions.Toexplainthemannerofitsprogress,letABrepresentalinedrawnacrossthedominionsofBalnibarbi,letthelinecdrepresenttheloadstone,ofwhichletdbetherepellingend,andctheattractingend,theislandbeingoverC:letthestonebeplacedinpositioncd,withitsrepellingenddownwards;thentheislandwillbedrivenupwardsobliquelytowardsD.WhenitisarrivedatD,letthestonebeturneduponitsaxle,tillitsattractingendpointstowardsE,andthentheislandwillbecarriedobliquelytowardsE;where,ifthestonebeagainturneduponitsaxletillitstandsinthepositionEF,withitsrepellingpointdownwards,theislandwillriseobliquelytowardsF,where,bydirectingtheattractingendtowardsG,theislandmaybecarriedtoG,andfromGtoH,byturningthestone,soastomakeitsrepellingextremitytopointdirectlydownward.

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