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            aliud augmentum ipſis accidere mente concipi poteſt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s187" xml:space="preserve">ex
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            quibus perſpicuum eſt in aëris corporibus diſſeminata eſſe
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            quædam vacua inter media, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s188" xml:space="preserve">vi quadam adveniente ea
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            præter naturam in vacua reclinare: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s189" xml:space="preserve">aer autem qui eſt in va-
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            ſe inverſo in aquam, haud valde comprimitur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s190" xml:space="preserve">Quod enim
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            vim infert ad id efficiendum minime idoneum eſt, quippe
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            cum naturaliter aqua ipſa in ſe ipſa neque gravitatem, ne-
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            que vehementem compreſſionem habeat: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s191" xml:space="preserve">quamobrem con-
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            tingit, ut urinantes in profundum maris infinitas metretas
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            ſupra humeros habentes ab aqua non cogantur reſpirare, cum
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            parvus omnino aër in naribus comprehendatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s192" xml:space="preserve">Quæ au-
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            tem cauſſa ſit, cur ii, qui in profundo natant ſicuti dictum
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            eſt, infinitum aquæ pondus ſupra humeros habentes non
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            comprimuntur, conſideratione dignum videtur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s193" xml:space="preserve">dicunt
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            igitur quidam propterea quod aqua æque gravis eſt ipſa ſe-
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            cundum ſe ipſam; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s194" xml:space="preserve">Hi autem nihil dicunt propter quid ii,
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            qui deorſum natant à ſuperiori aqua non comprimantur:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s195" xml:space="preserve">itaque illud hoc modo demonſtrandum eſt: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s196" xml:space="preserve">intelligamus
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            ſuperius humidum à ſuperficie compreſſi ſecundum quam
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            imponitur aqua, corpus aliquod eſſe æque grave atque hu-
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            midum, habensque eandem figuram, quam humidum ſu-
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            perius: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s197" xml:space="preserve">hoc autem intelligamus in humidum injici, ita ut
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            inferior ipſius ſuperficies compreſſo congruat ſitque tan-
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            quam illud ipſum; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s198" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s199" xml:space="preserve">ſimiliter ac ſuperius humidum impo-
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            natur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s200" xml:space="preserve">perſpicuum igitur eſt hoc corpus dimiſſum neque ab
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            humido quicquam extare, neque ſub humidi ſuperioris ſu-
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            perficie demergi. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s201" xml:space="preserve">ſiquidem demonſtratum eſt ab Archi-
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            mede in libro de iis, quæ in aqua vehuntur corpora æque-
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            gravia atque humidum in humidum dimiſſa neque extare
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            ab humido, neque demergi: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s202" xml:space="preserve">non igitur comprimet ea quæ
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            ſubjiciuntur: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s203" xml:space="preserve">ablatis autem deſuper comprimentibus cor-
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            pus in eodem loco permanebit: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s204" xml:space="preserve">quomodo igitur compri-
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            met corpus quod non appetit in inferiorem locum deſcen-
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            dere? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s205" xml:space="preserve">eodem modo & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s206" xml:space="preserve">humidum ubi erat corpus </s>
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