Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661

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              very ſpeedily. </s>
              <s>And laſt of all theſe Diſcourſes and Reflections
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              upon the
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              Menſuration of Running Waters,
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              with the addition of
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              a Second Book, three Epiſtles, and four Conſiderations upon
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              the ſame Argument, which conduce much to Illuſtrate his Do­
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              ctrine and Facilitate the Practice of it; and which with a Rela­
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              tion of
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              Monſignore Corſini,
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              make the ſecond part of my Firſt
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              Tome.
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              <s>§.
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              I might here ſally forth into the Citation of ſundry Au­
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              thours of Good Account, that have tranſmitted his Character
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              to Poſterity, but ſhall confine my ſelf to onely two; the one is
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              of his
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              Maſter,
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              the other of his
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              Scholar;
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              than whom there can­
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              not be two more competent Judges of his Accompliſhments. </s>
              <s>To
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              begin with his
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              Maſter,
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              the Quick-ſighted, and truly Lyncean
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              GALILEO,
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              who ſpeaking of his Abilities in Aſtronomy ſaith
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              (a)
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              Che la felicità del ſuo ingegno non la fà biſognoſa dell' o­
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              pera ſuo.
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              And again, ſubmitting a certain Demonſtration,
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              which he intended to divulge, to the Judgment of this our Abbot, he
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              writes to him in this manner: (b)
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              Queſto lo comunico a V. S.
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              per lettera prima che ad alcun altro, con attenderne principal­
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              mente il parer ſuo, e doppo quello de' noſtri Amici diſcoſti,
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              conpenſiero d' inviarne poi altre Copie ad altri Amici d' Italia,
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              e di Francia, quando io ne venga da lei conſigliato: e qui pre­
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              gandola a farci parte d' alcuna delle ſue peregrine ſpeculationi;
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              con ſinceriſſimo affetto, &c.
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              And the moſt acute Mathematician
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              Signore Evangeliſta Terricelli,
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              late Profeſſour to the Grand
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              Duke in immediate Succeſſion after
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              GALILEO,
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              maketh this
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              Honourable and Grateful Mention of him, and his Book: (c)
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              O­
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              mitto magnum illum nutantis Maris motum; Prætereo etiam
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              omnem Fluminum, Aquarumque Currentium tum menſurum,
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              tum uſum, quarum omnis doctrina reperta primum fuit ab
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              Abbate BENEDICTO CASTELLIO Preceptore
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              meo. </s>
              <s>Scripſit ille Scientiam ſuam, & illam non ſolum demonſtra­
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              tione, verum etiam opere confirmavit, maxima cum Princi­
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              pum & populorum utilitatate, majore cum admiratione Phylo­
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              ſophorum. </s>
              <s>Extat illius Liber, vere aureus.</s>
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              (a)
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              Nella continu­
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              atione dell Nun­
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              tio ſiderio.</s>
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              (b)
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              Lettera al P.
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              <s>Abbate D. B. </s>
              <s>Ca­
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              ſtelli D'Arcetro;
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              li. </s>
              <s>3. Decemb.
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              <s>1639.</s>
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              (c)
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              De Motu A­
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              quarum. </s>
              <s>Lib. 2.
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              Prop. </s>
              <s>37. p. </s>
              <s>191.</s>
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              <s>§.
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              I have onely two particulars more to offer the Engliſh Rea­
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              der: The one concerns the Book, and it is this, That after the
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              general Aprobation it hath had in
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              Italy,
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              I cannot but think it
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              deſerveth the ſame Civil Entertainment with us, in regard that
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              it cometh with no leſſe
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              Novelty, Facility, Verity, and Utility
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              to
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              us than to thoſe whom the Authour favoured with the Original.
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              <s>Our Rivers and Sewers through Publique Diſtractions and Pri­
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              vate Incroachments are in great diſorder, as thoſe Channels for
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              iuſtance which formerly were Navigable unto the very Walls of
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              </s>
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