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 of Gravity, they have a Tendency
 to move with as great a Velocity
 as that which the Water itself 
 would have  meet
 with no resistance against 
 the Bed of the River, their motion
 is not impeded till we come
 to consider the resistance they 
 meet with in the Water itself
 but they meet with none till
 their motion exceeds that of
 the water, their motion then 
 must exceed that of the water
 and that the more so the less
 they are affected by that   
Hence the better their shape is
 adapted to divide the water
 and the greater proportion their 
 gravity bears to their surface
 of resistance the quicker they 
 will be impelled by their 
 gravity thro' the medium
 which tends to retard their motion 
  would acquire were it
 not for the resistance they meet 
  with 
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 Correspondence  | 
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 Samuel Bentham  | 
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