1deſcription given us by the Induſtrious
Kircher, of ſeveral Muſical Engines. And
(though it may ſeem ſomewhat prolix)
we will recite what he delivers in his own
words, which are theſe.
Kircher, of ſeveral Muſical Engines. And
(though it may ſeem ſomewhat prolix)
we will recite what he delivers in his own
words, which are theſe.
Cum codem tempore quo hæc ſcripſi
ſummi Pont: Innocentii Xmi mandato or
gani hydraulici in horto Quirinali conſti
tuendi cur a mihi commendata eſſet; Æoliam
camer am inſigni ſane ſucceſſu conſtrui juſsi
mus, eá quæ ſequitur ratione.
ſummi Pont: Innocentii Xmi mandato or
gani hydraulici in horto Quirinali conſti
tuendi cur a mihi commendata eſſet; Æoliam
camer am inſigni ſane ſucceſſu conſtrui juſsi
mus, eá quæ ſequitur ratione.
Kirch: Art:
Mag: Con:
& Diſſon:
lib. 9.
p. 309.
Mag: Con:
& Diſſon:
lib. 9.
p. 309.
Erat longitudo ſive altitudo cameræ AH
5 Pedum, Latitudine 3 fere ex lateribus
conſtructa; in medio duo tenebat Diaphrag
mata CD & EJ in modum cribri pluri
bus for aminibus pertuſa. Paulo infra ca
nalis G aquam advehens inſerebatur in H
eidem epiſtomium par ab at exitum. Aqua
it áque per canalem G maximo impetu ruens
vehementiſsimum ventum mox intus exci
t ab at; qui ventus nimia humiditate imbu
tus, ut purior exiret ſiccior〈qué〉, Diaphrag
mata ill a in cribri modum pertuſa, or dinata
ſunt. Intra hæc enim aquæ vehemens agi
tatio rupta fracta〈qué〉 aerem puriorem per A
canalem ſubtilioremque emittebat: Verum
cum poſtea inventum ſit aerem plus æquo humi
dum interioribus Organi meatibus maximum
detrimentum inferre: Hinc ut aer aquoſus
5 Pedum, Latitudine 3 fere ex lateribus
conſtructa; in medio duo tenebat Diaphrag
mata CD & EJ in modum cribri pluri
bus for aminibus pertuſa. Paulo infra ca
nalis G aquam advehens inſerebatur in H
eidem epiſtomium par ab at exitum. Aqua
it áque per canalem G maximo impetu ruens
vehementiſsimum ventum mox intus exci
t ab at; qui ventus nimia humiditate imbu
tus, ut purior exiret ſiccior〈qué〉, Diaphrag
mata ill a in cribri modum pertuſa, or dinata
ſunt. Intra hæc enim aquæ vehemens agi
tatio rupta fracta〈qué〉 aerem puriorem per A
canalem ſubtilioremque emittebat: Verum
cum poſtea inventum ſit aerem plus æquo humi
dum interioribus Organi meatibus maximum
detrimentum inferre: Hinc ut aer aquoſus