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Finishing Descartes. (with some cool pix). Descartes’ System of Interlocking Vortices. The bit at the top is a comet wandering through the system. The yellow bits are stars – each vortex has one at its center. Close up of another of Descartes’ Drawings.
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Finishing Descartes (with some cool pix)
Descartes’ System of Interlocking Vortices The bit at the top is a comet wandering through the system. The yellow bits are stars – each vortex has one at its center.
Close up of another of Descartes’ Drawings Notice the boundaries. What happens without them?
Descartes’ Account of Centrifugal Force Points A, C, and G each represent points on a radius along which the stone attempts to ‘flee’ the center.