Heron Alexandrinus, Di Herone Alessandrino De gli automati : ouero machine semoventi, libri due, 1589

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            cuno effetto non ſolito, e giudicato impoſsibile, e del qua-
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            le nõ ſiſappia la cagione, e tali apunto ſono gli effetti pro-
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            dotti da queſte machine, e di qui è, che quando alcuno di
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            & </s>
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            l danaio. </s>
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            de Mundo ad Aleſſandro, che allegammo diſopra, queſte
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            machine furono dette Neuroſpaſti, che tanto vuol dire,
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            quanto machine tirate da nerui, auenga che quelle cor-
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            dicelle, che paſſano loro le membra, babbiano in loro la
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            forza medeſima che ne gl’animali apunto hanno i nerui.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s228" xml:space="preserve">Io ſtimo nondimeno che viſia differenza trà l’ Automato
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            e’l Neuroſpaſto, cioè che l’automato ò ſe mouente, ſia
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            quello in cui l’artefice non tira le corde, ma il contrapeſo
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            occulto, ouene i Neuroſpaſti ſenza l´aiuto de’ contrapeſi
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            l’artefice medeſimo tira hor queſta, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s229" xml:space="preserve">hor quell’altra cor-
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            dicella per far muouere à le figure il braccio, la mano, il
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            piede, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s230" xml:space="preserve">il capo, ò gl’occhi come vediamo in quelle ima-
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            ginette, che per traſtullo fogliono darſi à bambini. </s>
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            ſtro di queſte machine, ſecondo Pappo, & </s>
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            può eſſere ſe non colui, che ha buona cognitione delle ma
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            thematiche, e principalmente di quella parte che ſerue al-
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            le machine, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s233" xml:space="preserve">hà congiunto à quella vna grande aſſuefat-
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            tione all’arti manuali, come ſono quelle dellegno, e del
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            ferro, & </s>
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            cioche ſenza queſto, poco giouerebbono le Mathemati-
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            ſe biſognando poi venire all’eſſecutione la mano non foſ-
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            ſe atta miniſtra dell’intelletto, manco induſtria </s>
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