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Anybody who discerns the genius of nature which always carries out similar operations similarly in the simplest and easiest way and does not like changing its method, will easily be persuaded that impetus is not extinguished and annihilated in elastic bodies, no more than it is in absolutely hard and inelastic bodies. Therefore, the theory presented above will not be useless to clear up the matter with as much perspicacity as possible. Beforehand, to start more easily, the nature and property of elastic bodies must be explained. They result from some relatively common instruments such as lever, nail and others of the same kind.
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Borelli, G.A. (2015). How an Impetus Impressed in Elastic Bodies is Slowed Down and Extinguished. In: Borelli's On the Movement of Animals - On the Force of Percussion. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, vol 37. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08497-8_18
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