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que si cette meme quantité de poudre etoit encore plus resserrée et qu'au lieu de lui laisser le demi globe entier on ne luÿ laissait que le quart contenu par l'angle A B C le surplus qui pourrait l'environner etant de matiere dure capable de la resistence necessaire, alors tous les rayons de l'embrasement se joignant dans la partie libre redoubleront encore de force et s'alongeront au double de ceux du demi globe entier d'ou s'ensuivront encore que toute la violence qui accompagne son activité continueroit toujours a s'unir et renforcer a mesure que l'ouverture de son enflamation seroit diminuée comme il est represente par cette 3. [[superscript]] e [[/superscript]] figure cy dessus
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Si on continuoit a resserrer de plus en plus les ouvertures de cette même quantité de poudre elle augmenteroit toujours de force, d'activité a proportion de la diminution de l'ouverture qu'on l'aisseroit a sa fuite et cela sans rien perdre de sa

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