Fabri, Honoré, Dialogi physici in quibus de motu terrae disputatur, 1665

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              ſecundùm totam illius longitudinem æquales ſunt; vna pars igitur non
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              prævalet ſupra aliam, igitur nullus æſtus; is enim; qui eſt ad oram Syriæ
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              minimus quidem, ſed jam olim à Phænicibus obſervatus; item ad oram
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              Provinciæ, vt Scaliger ipſe obſervavit, ab Oceano per fretum Gaditanum
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              traducitur, non certè motu ſed preſſionis vi, at verò cùm in ſinu Adriati­
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              co arcus preſſionum longè minores ſint, quàm in reliquo mari, quid mi­
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              rum ſi æſtus in eo fiat, effectus ſcilicet neceſſarius inæqualis preſſionis? </s>
              <s id="s.001520">mi­
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              nor tamen propter anguſtias oſtij, & Corcyram ad prædictum oſtium ſi­
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              tam, in qua vis æſtus frangitur; item in Africæ ora prædicto maris Adria­
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              tici oſtio, ſecundum eundem Meridianum, è regione oppoſita; ibi enim
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              mediocris ſaltem æſtus attollitur; nempe ibi mare ſeſe explicat, & versùs
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              Africam quaſi in ſinum lunatur; item in reliqua ora Africæ versùs Tune­
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              tum, in quam vis æſtus per fretum traducta à Balearibus & Sardinia ad Bo­
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              ream ſitis coërcita, impingitur; æſtus porrò ad dictam oram Africæ aſſur­
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              gentis jam olim meminit S. Auguſtinus. </s>
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              Auguſtin.
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              <s id="s.001522"> Sed vnde quæſo Eurippus ille mirabilis in freto Siculo, de quo
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              multi multa? </s>
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              Antim.
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              <s id="s.001524"> Certum eſt, rapidum illum motum eſſe ab æſtu; quia cum
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              motu Lunæ omnino conſentit; & verò vis æſtus per Gaditanum traducta,
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              à Balearibus & Sardinia coërcita, & ab anguſtiis illius tractus maris qui
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              inter Africam & occiduum promontorium Siciliæ interjacet impedita,
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              immo ab ipſa Sicilia repreſſa, declinat tantulùm versùs fauces freti Siculi,
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              in cujus anguſtiis aqua velociùs currit, proptèr rationem ſupra explicatam;
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              ſimiliter in ſinum Tarentinum æſtus aſcendit propter eandem rationem;
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              ad Ravennam item & Aquileiam; quia ſitæ ſunt versùs extremum ſinum; ad
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              oram Dalmatiæ, abſque tumore, aqua ſurſum versùs extremum ſinum ire vi­
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              detur; ad oppoſitam verò Italiæ oram verſus oſtium & fauces deſcendere;
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              ſed hic motus, ſi tamen veritati conſentit, vel ab æſtu diverſus eſt, vel ex eo
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              procedit, quod æſtus in faucęs ſinûs irrumpat per
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              , quæ ad
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              ten­
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              dit; & cùm ſinus ab extremo faucium collo, declinet ſiniſtrorſum versùs
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              Caurum, motus etiam aquæ versùs eandem partem declinat, ſecundum
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              oram Dalmaticam; in refluxu verò, quaſi circuitu facto, per oram Italiæ
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              oppoſitam priori deſcendit; æſtus etiam minimus obſervatur ad Melitam,
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              Sardiniam, Corſicam, Iluam, Cretam, ſed vix ad ſemipedem attollitur;
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              Maſſiliæ & Tolone ad pedem integrum; quia ſcilicet cùm prædictæ inſu­
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              læ, tum preſſionis inæqualitatem inducant, tum etiam vim preſſionis tra­
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              ductam ſiſtant, quid mirum, ſi aliquam vim æſtus ſentiant; & verò ad
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              oram occiduam Sardiniæ & Corſicæ vis preſſionis ab Oceano traducta
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              impingitur; & magna eſt maris latitudo; ſub Meridiano Maſſiliæ, quod
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              ſanè ad preſſionis inæqualitatem multùm confert; accedit, quòd ſi ad
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              oram Africæ, in qua eſt Hippona ſentitur æſtus, quidni ad oram Provin­
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              ciæ oppoſitam? </s>
              <s id="s.001525">Æſtus porrò ad oram ortivam Sardiniæ & Corſicæ, item­
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              que ad Iluam procedit à preſſionis vi traducta ab extremo mediterraneo
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              ortivo; ad Melitam, Cretam, Siciliam, à vi preſſionis ab vtraque parte pro­
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              veniente. </s>
              <s id="s.001526">In reliquo mediterraneo nullus æſtus ſentitur; in quibuſdam oris. </s>
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