Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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ſome ſharp, ſome bitter, ſome perfectly clear,
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others muddy, viſcous, oily, tinctured with
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Pitch, or of a petriſying Quality; ſome run
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ning partly clear, and partly foul, and ſome
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times in the ſame Place part ſweet, and part
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ſalt or bitter: There are alſo ſeveral other Par
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ticulars, well worth Note, which make Wa
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ters very different from one another, as well in
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Nature as in Effect, and of no ſmall Conſe
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quence to the Preſervation or Prejudice of the
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Health. </
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>And here let us be allowed juſt to
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mention ſome miraculous Properties of Water,
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by Way of Amuſement. </
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>The River
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Arſione
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in
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Armenia,
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rots the Cloaths which are waſh
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ed in it. </
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Diana
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's Fountain,
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near
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Camerinum,
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will mix with nothing Male.
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Debri,
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a Town of the
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Garamanthes,
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is a
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Spring which is cold in the Day, and warm in
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the Night. </
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Helbeſus,
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a River in the Coun
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try of the
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Segeſtani
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in
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Sicily,
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in the Middle of
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its Courſe grows of a ſudden hot. </
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ſacred Well in
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Epirus,
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which extinguiſhes any
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Thing which is put into it burning, and lights
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that which is extinguiſhed. </
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Eleuſina
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near
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Athens,
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is a Spring which leaps and rejoices at
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the Sound of a Flute. </
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drink at the River
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Indus,
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change their Colour:
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And upon the Shore of the
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Red Sea
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there is a
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Spring, at which if Sheep drink, their Wool
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preſently turns Black. </
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Laodicea
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in
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Aſia,
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there are Springs, near which all the fourfoot
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ed Animals that are conceived are of a yellow
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Hue. </
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Gadara,
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is a Water,
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of which if the Cattle drink, they loſe their
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Hair and Nails. </
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Hyrcanian
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Sea, is a
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Lake, wherein all that bathe grow ſcabby, and
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can be cured with nothing but Oil. </
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Suſa,
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is a Water which makes the Teeth fall out of
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the Head. </
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Zelonium,
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is a Spring
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which makes Women barren, and another
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which makes them fruitful. </
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Chies,
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there is one which makes thoſe that
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drink of it fooliſh: And in ſome other Place,
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which I do not now recollect, is one which
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not only upon drinking, but upon the bare
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Taſting makes the Perſon die laughing, and
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there is another wherein only Batheing is im
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mediate Death. </
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Nonacris
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in
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Arca
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dia,
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is a Water perfectly clear to the View, but
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of ſo poiſonous a Quality, that it cannot be
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contained in any Metal whatſoever. </
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contrary, there are others which are admirable
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for reſtoring the Health, ſuch as the Waters of
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Pozzuolo, Siena, Volterra, Bologna,
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and many
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others of great Fame all over
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Italy.
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yet more extraordinary which we are told of
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a Water in
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Corſica,
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namely, that it will recon
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ſolidate broken Bones, and prevent the Effect
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of the moſt dangerous Poiſons. </
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there are Waters which mend the Wit and even
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inſpire Divination. </
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Corſica,
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alſo there is
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another Spring very good for the Eyes, which
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if a Thief dares to deny a Theft with an Oath,
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and to waſh his Eyes with its Water, imme
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diately makes him blind. </
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ſaid enough. </
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ter at all is to be found, neither good nor bad.
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Country of
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Apulia
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to receive and preſerve the
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Rain-water in Ciſterns.</
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Four Things to be conſidered with Relation to Water; alſo whence it is engender
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ed or ariſes, and its Courſe.
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are to our Purpoſe with Relation to
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Water; namely, the finding, the conveying,
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the chuſing, and the preſerving. </
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are to treat: But we may firſt premiſe ſome
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few Things concerning the Nature of Water in
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general. </
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be contained in any Thing but a Veſſel, and
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therefore I agree with thoſe, who upon that
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Account, affirm the Sea itſelf to be nothing
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but a Veſſel of vaſt Capacity, and Rivers to be
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great oblong Veſſels too. </
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Difference between the Waters of the Sea and
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thoſe of Rivers, that theſe latter have a Cur
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rent and Motion by their own Nature, whereas
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the former would eaſily ſubſide and be at Reſt,
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if they were not put in Agitation by the Force of
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the Winds. </
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<
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ſophical Queſtions, whether all Waters make
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their Way to the Sea, as to a Place of Reſt, and
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whether the regular Flux and Reflux of the
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Ocean be owing to the Impulſe of the Moon:
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Thoſe Points not being to our Purpoſe: but
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we muſt not omit to take Notice of what we </
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