ethod to curves, which are the same on each side about an axis. One of Rene’s last piece of work was he started a discussion on motion and then he laid down ten laws of nature. The first two are almost the same with the first two laws of motion which as given by Newton. The rest of the eight laws are inaccurate. He assumes that the matter of the universe must result in a number of varieties, which is a whirling mass of water. He says that the sun is in the center on a large whirlpool, in which the planets float and are swept round like straws in a whirlpool of water. Each planet is supposed to be in the center of a secondary whirlpool by which it’s satellites are carried. Rene still mad of its crudeness and its inherent defects the theory of vortices marks a fresh “era” in astronomy. It was an attempt to explain the phenomena of the whole universe by the same mechanical laws, which experiments shows to be true on the earth. ...
