Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686

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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8366" xml:space="preserve">Maur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8367" xml:space="preserve">Etiamſi plura ſint, quæ dicuntur non poſſe aquâ extin-
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            gui, id intelligendum puto, quatenus aquâ non poteſt imbui
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            corpus accenſum, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8368" xml:space="preserve">illi commiſceri: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8369" xml:space="preserve">eaque ratione communiter
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            dicitur aqua marina inepta ad extinguendum ignem: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8370" xml:space="preserve">hinc Ma-
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            crobius lib.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8371" xml:space="preserve">7. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8372" xml:space="preserve">Saturnal. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8373" xml:space="preserve">*Eſt & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8374" xml:space="preserve">hoc,* inquit, *indicium pinguis aquæ*
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            *marinæ, quod cum inſpergitur flammæ, non tam extinguit,*
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            *quàm pariter accenditur, aquæ pinguedine alimoniam igni ſub-*
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            *miniſtrante.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8375" xml:space="preserve">* Cœterùm ſi magna aquæ vis vno impetu effundatur
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            in ignem multò minorem aquâ, non facilè mihi perſuadeo flam-
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            mam non extingui: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8376" xml:space="preserve">fieri quidem poſſe fateor, vt dilabente ſta-
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            tim aquâ iterum flamma emicet ex ignis reliquijs, ideoque ignis
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            dicatur non extinctus: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8377" xml:space="preserve">ſi tamen iugiter affunderetur aqua, aut
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            ignis ille fuiſſet in vaſe, quod affuſâ aquâ impleretur, libenter vi-
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            derem, vtrùm flamma reuiuiſceret: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8378" xml:space="preserve">quamuis enim aqua propter
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            ardentis corporis pinguedinem illi non adhæreret, flammam ta-
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            men atque igniculos opprimeret, quemadmodum illos opprimit
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            aggeſta terra. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8379" xml:space="preserve">Certè oleum, quo lucernarum flammæ aluntur, ſi
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            copiosè affundatur, extinguit flammam: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8380" xml:space="preserve">& </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8381" xml:space="preserve">narrantem audiui
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            aliquando in domûs cuiuſdam incendio effuſum ex ſuperiore loco
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            ingentem olei cadum graſſantes flammas adcò compeſcuiſſe, vt
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            ſpatium daretur alijs præſidijs aduerſùs ignem adhibendis: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8382" xml:space="preserve">oppreſſa
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            quippe eſt ab ingenti olei copiâ flamma erumpens, cui, ſi illud
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            lentiùs inſtillatum fuiſſet, non modica incrementa dediſſet. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8383" xml:space="preserve">An
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            non cera accenſi ellychnij flammam nutrit? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8384" xml:space="preserve">eam tamen extinguit,
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            ſi cerei craſſitudini non reſpondeat ellychnium. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8385" xml:space="preserve">Obtulit neſcio
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            quis amico tres aut quatuor cereos cylindros, quorum diameter
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            tres tranſuerſos digitos æquabat, altitudo paulo maior; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8386" xml:space="preserve">at ellych-
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            nium, quale eſſe ſolet cereolis vix calamo ſcriptorio æqualibus:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s8387" xml:space="preserve">tantillo autem ellychnio cum videretur circumſtans cera poſſe in-
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            tegram noctem ſufficere alimentum flammæ, ſibi perſuadebat,
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            & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8388" xml:space="preserve">amico, opportunos valdè futuros iter habenti, vt totâ nocte
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            lumen in hoſpitio haberet citrà omne periculum incendij, ſi cy-
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            lindrum accenſum in lateritio cubiculi pauimento ſtatueret. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8389" xml:space="preserve">Rem
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            voluit amicus experiri, ſed poſt horas aliquot extinctum eſt lu-
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            men; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8390" xml:space="preserve">nec quidem id tentauit ſemel, ſed iterum, ac tertiò, pari
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            ſemper euentu: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8391" xml:space="preserve">quia videlicet flammula illa non poterat ceram
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            vſque ad cylindri nimis craſſi extremum marginem liquefacere; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s8392" xml:space="preserve">ac
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            proinde ita abſumebatur cera, vt in ſcaphij morem excauare </s>
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