Schott, Gaspar, Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica. Pars I. Mechanicae Hydraulico-pnevmaticae Theoriam continet. , 1657

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              extremæ aquæ alterius cruris, BF, ſeu potius EF, ſed demiſſior;
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              ergo quando ſiphon ſive æqualium, ſive inæqualium crurium,
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              aquȧ plenus, & utrimque compreſſis digitis obturatus, imponi­
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              tur duobus prædictis vaſis aquȧ plenis, quorum unius ſuperficies
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              ſuprema aquæ altior eſt, quàm alterius, effluitque aqua intra vas
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              demiſſius, eò quòd alterius ſuperficies ſuprema altior eſt, & ad
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              decliviorem locum tendit, nititurque ſuperficiem ſuam adæ­
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              quare ſuperficiei alterius vaſis humilioris; ergo inquam, quando
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              hoc contingit, aqua ex vaſe altiore aſcendit naturaliter & inna­
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              to appetitu ad ſiphonis ſuperiorem partem, indeque deſcendit
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              intra vas humilius; naturaliter enim aquæ partes altiores fluunt
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              ad loca decliviora. </s>
              <s>Deinde ſi illa eſt cauſa adæquata, cur quan­
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              do ſiphon ina qualium crurium repletur aquâ, & ſecundùm
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              longius crus immergitur aquæ, ſecundùm brevius verò extra
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              in aëre relinquitur, cur inquam, non effluit aqua per externum,
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              ubi nullum eſt impedimentum præter aërem? </s>
              <s>poteſt enim aqua
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              per externum fluere ad loca decliviora, & fundare unam conti­
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              nuam ſuperficiem diſtinctam à ſuperficie, quæ in vaſe eſt; &
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              præterea inclinationem habet ad deſcendendum, non verò ad
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              aſcendendum. </s>
              <s>Præterea, cur quando ſiphon inæqualium cru­
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              rium repletur aqua, & tenetur inverſus in aëre, non effluit aqua
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              ex crure breviori, cum ejus aqua plùs diſtet à centro Terræ,
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              quàm aqua cruris longioris? </s>
              <s>Alia ergo cauſa adſignari debet, cur
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              aqua cruris longioris, ſeu externi, ſeu interni, vincataquam cru­
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              ris brevioris; quam paulò poſt dabimus. </s>
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              Heronis opi­
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              nio exami­
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              natur.
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              <s>Qui tamen Heronis ſententiam tueri volet, ad has ratio­
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              nes in contrarium allatas reſpondere poterit, ut ſequitur. </s>
              <s>Nem­
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              pe ad primam, aquam cruris brevioris non aſcendere naturali­
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              ter, ſed tractam ab aqua cruris longioris AD, ſeu CD, ad va­
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              cuum in ſiphone impediendum, & ad tuendam continuitatem
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              partium aquæ aqua enim cruris longioris AD, ſeu CD, deſcen­
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              dit naturaliter (utpote tendens ad locum decliviorem) ſecum­
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              que trahit reliquam aquam, quia ſuprema ſuperficies vaſis A,
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              cum qua continuatur aqua ſiphonis, & vaſis B, eſt declivior, </s>
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