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CHAPTER I

.--PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF GALILEO.

_Sect._ 1. Prelude to the Science of Statics. 312 _Sect._ 2. Revival of the Scientific Idea of Pressure. --Stevinus.--Equilibrium of Oblique Forces. 316 _Sect._ 3. Prelude to the Science of Dynamics.--Attempts at the First Law of Motion. 319 {18}