Excerpt from The Lost Solar System of the Ancients Discovered, Vol. 1 of 2 During the descent equal increments of velocity 2 P are generated during each second. Hence the effect produced by gravity may be regarded as constant for so small a distance as the body describes while falling freely near the earth's surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.