Castelli, Benedetto
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Of the mensuration of running waters
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1661
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have, that ſo it may not depoſe the matter of the muddineſs when
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it is intended to be let into
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Volana.
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* In Chanels
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made by hand.</
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Vigarano,
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would riſe to thoſe prodigious termes that they do make bigger,
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and they may thence expect thoſe miſchiefs, for which they
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of
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>Amongſt the wayes therefore that I have thought of for effect
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ing that ſame remotion, and which I have cauſed to be viewed by
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skilful men that have taken a level thereof, (with the aſſiſtance of
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the venerable Father,
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D. </
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of
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Caſina,
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a man of
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much fidelity and honeſty, and no leſs expert in ſuch like affairs
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touching waters, than perfect in the
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Mathematick
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Diſciplines) two
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onely, the reſt being either too tedious, or too dangerous to the
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City, have ſeemed to me worthy, and one of them alſo more than
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the other, to offer to your Lordſhip.</
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thorow which
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it goeth of its own accord to the Sea.</
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Stellata,
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for, as at other
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times it hath done, it will carry it to the Sea happily.</
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which ſeemeth to perſwade us to it is, that we therein do nothing
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that is new, in that it is but reſtored to the place whence it was
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removed in the year 1522. in the time of Pope
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Adrian,
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by an
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agreement made in way of contract, between
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Alfonſo,
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Duke of
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Ferrara,
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and the
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Bologneſi
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; and that it was diverted for reaſons,
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that are either out of date, or elſe have been too long time
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deferred.</
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ting it run into the divided P
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o,
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whereby it will be turned to
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Fer
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rara,
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or elſe carrying it by
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Torre del Fondo,
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to the mouth of
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Maſi,
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and from thence thorow the Trench made by the
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Ferrareſi,
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along by
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Panaro,
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where alſo finding an ample Bed, and high and
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thick Banks, that will ſerve at other times for it, and for the wa
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o,
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there may a great expence be ſpared.</
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having other Rivers, which with their Floods can hinder it; and
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that running confined between good Banks, without doubt it
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would not leave
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la Motto
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by the way; but eſpecially, that it
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would be ſufficient if it came to
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Codigoro,
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where being aſſiſted by
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the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, it would run no hazard of
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having its Chanel filled up from thence downwards.</
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>That there might thence many benefits be derived to the City,
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by means of the Running Waters, and alſo no mean Navigation
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might be expected.</
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