Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661
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              <s>A
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              CONSIDERATION
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              Upon the
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              DRAINING
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              Of the Territories of
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              Bologna, Ferrara,
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              AND
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              Romagna.</s>
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              <s>BY
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              D. BENEDETTO CASTELLI, Abbot
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              of S. BENEDETTO ALOISIO,
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              Mathematician
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              to P.
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              Vrban
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              VIII. and Profeſſor in the
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              Univerſity of
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              ROME.
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              <s>The weghty buſineſſe of the Draining of
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              the Territories of
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              Bologna, Ferrara,
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              and
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              Romagna
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              having been punctually
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              handled and declared in writing from
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              the excellent memory of the Right Ho­
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              nourable and Noble
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              Monſignore Corſini,
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              who was heretofore Deputed Commiſ­
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              ſary General, and Viſitor of thoſe Wa­
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              ters; I am not able to make ſuch ano­
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              ther Diſcourſe upon the ſame Subject, but will only ſay ſome­
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              what for farther confirmation of that which I have ſaid in this
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              Book upon the
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              Lake of Venice,
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              upon the
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              Pontine Fens,
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              and up­
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              on the Draining of thoſe Plains of
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              Piſa,
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              lying between the Ri­
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              vers
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              Arno
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              and
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              Serchio
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              ; whereby it is manifeſt, that in all the </s>
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