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

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              propter inſulas, in aliis verò, quia iis non favet preſſionis inæqualitas
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              ſenſibilis, propter ſitum: & verò quiſquis rem in hanc longo illo Medi­
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              terranei tractu attentè conſiderabit, ſtatim comperiet, ex præmiſſis princi­
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              piis optimè explicari. </s>
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              Auguſtin.
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              Hæc, quæ dicis, mirificè placent; difficilius tamen reſtat; nem­
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              pe in freto illo Siculo, diverſus eſt vtrimque æſtus, cùm ſimul & ſemel ab
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              vna parte deorſum, ab alia ſurſum ire videatur, quod nonnulli in cavitates
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              ſubterraneas rejiciunt, quas etiam volunt cum iis quæ Monti Æthnæ ſub­
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              jiciuntur, & incendio materiam ſuppeditant, per cuniculos eſſe conjun­
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              ctas: Vnde Abbas Maurolycus, aiunt, vnum ex alio conjiciebat; ſcili­
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              cet ex diverſa incendij ratione, diverſam rationem æſtus, & vi­
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              ciſſim. </s>
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              Antim.
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              <s id="s.001529"> Hoc etiam ſpero ex iiſdem principiis deductum iri; conſide­
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              ra enim fretum Siculum quaſi in meditullio Mediterranei ſitum, & recta
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              directum ab Auſtro ad Septentrionem, atque inde ad extremam Medi­
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              terranei oram, ortivam ſcilicet, ferè numerati triginta gradus longitudi­
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              nis; vnde certè ſufficiens preſſionis vis eſſe videtur; accedente præſertim
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              maxima latitudine ejuſdem maris, à faucibus Adriatici ad oram Africæ
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              oppoſitam exporrecta, vt aqua per fretum ab Auſtro ad Septentrionem
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              extrudatur ſimiliter vis preſſionis traducta ab Oceano per Gaditanum, re­
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              preſſaque, vt jam dictum eſt, à faucibus Africam inter & Sardiniam in­
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              terjectis, ac proinde tantulùm declinans ſiniſtrorſum, pluſquam ſuffici­
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              ens eſt ad extrudendam aquam per idem fretum, à Septentrione ad Meri­
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              diem; quamvis enim paulò obliquiùs incidat, cùm tamen priore major
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              ſit, licèt frangatur ab obliquo appulſu, vel potiùs ſuo modo reflectatur,
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              ſufficiens eſt, vt dixi, ad
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              aquam per fretum à Septentrione ad
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              Auſtrum; quid mirum igitur ſi agatur æſtus in contrarias partes, & gemini
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              ſibi invicem occurrant, vt jam de aliis fretis diximus? </s>
              <s id="s.001530">cùm autem vtrim­
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              que aqua obliquè incidat, quid mirum ſi ex illius reflexione à cavo & di­
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              verſimodè ſito litore, ad Scyllam ſcilicet & Charybdim; diverſi aquarum
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              vortices & gyri conſequantur? </s>
              <s id="s.001531">neque in hoc, ſaltem meo judicio, reſtat
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              vlla difficultas; cùm enim conſtet, prædictum motum ab æſtu eſſe,
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              nempe accedunt & concurrunt aquæ ſenis quibuſque horis, & cùm in
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              aliis fretis, æſtus etiam concurrant, negari non poteſt, quin primaria
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              hujuſmodi motuum cauſa ſit æſtus; nempe ex tali illapſu, concurſu, collu­
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              ctatione, reflexione, mirabilis motuum varietas naſcitur, vnde non tantum
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              24. vt non nemo dicebat, ſed longè plures obſervari poſſunt; ſed jam ad
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              Oceanum redeamus. </s>
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              Auguſtin.
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              <s id="s.001533"> Benè eſt; vnum tamen præ cæteris ex re ſcire velim, vtrùm
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              prædictus æſtuum concurſus in medio freto fiat. </s>
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              Antim.
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              fortè in quibuſdam hoc eveniet; ſi tamen vis æſtus eodem tem­
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              poris momento vtrimque ad oſtia freti perveniat; quod in Siculo facilè con­
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              ceſſerim, quod ſcilicet, ſub ea linea porrigatur, quæ eidem Meridiano ſub­
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              jacet, at verò de illo æſtu, qui fit in freto Magellanico, ſecus dicendum eſt, </s>
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