Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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have begun concerning Water only for Drink
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ing, and proceed afterwards to Canals for Na
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vigation. </
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>Canals are either worked up with
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Maſonry, or elſe are only Trenches dug. </
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>Tren
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ches are of two Sorts, cut either through an
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open Country, or through the Bowels of a Hill,
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which is called a Mine or ſubterraneous Con
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duit. </
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>In both theſe, when you meet with either
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Stone, Chalk, or compact Earth that does not
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imbibe the Water, you will have no Occaſion
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for Maſonry; but where the Bottom or Sides of
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the Canal are not ſound, then you muſt fortify
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them. </
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>If you are obliged to carry your Canal
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through the Heart of a Hill, you muſt obſerve
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the Rules above laid down. </
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Conduits, at the Diſtance of every hundred
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Foot, you ſhould open Ventiges like Wells for
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tified according as the Nature of the Earth
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through which you dig requires. </
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ſuch Ventiges in the Country of the
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Marſi
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near
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Rome,
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where the Water falls into the ancient
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Lake
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Fucinus
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(now called the
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Pie di Luco
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)
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built very finely with burnt Brick, and of an
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incredible Depth. 'Till the four hundred and
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forty-firſt year after the building of the City,
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there was no ſuch thing as an Aqueduct built
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at
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Rome;
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but afterwards thoſe Works were
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brought to ſuch a Pitch, that whole Rivers
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were conveyed to it through the Air, and we
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are told, that there were ſo many of them, that
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every ſingle Houſe was abundantly ſupplied
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with Water. </
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>At firſt they began with ſubter
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raneous Conduits; which indeed had a great
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many Conveniencies. </
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>This hidden Work was
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leſs ſubject to Injuries and being expoſed neither
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to the Severity of Froſts, nor to the ſcorching
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Dog-day Sun brought the Water freſher and
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cooler, nor could eaſily be deſtroyed or turned
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away by Enemies that might happen to make
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Inroads into the Country. </
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>Theſe Works were
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afterwards brought to ſuch a Magnificence,
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that in order to have high Jets of Water in their
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Gardens and in their Bathes, they built vault
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ed Aqueducts, in ſome Places above an hundred
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and twenty Foot high, and carried on for above
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threeſcore Miles together. </
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>From theſe too they
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reaped Conveniencies. </
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>In ſeveral Places, and
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particularly beyond the
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Tyber,
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the Water of
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theſe Aqueducts ſerved to grind their Corn,
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and upon their being deſtroyed by the Enemy,
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they were forced to make Mills for that Pur
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poſe in Ships. </
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>To this add, that by means of
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this Plenty of Water the City was kept cleaner
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and the Air made freſher and more wholeſome.
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>The Architects alſo added ſome ingenious In
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ventions to ſhew the Hours of the Day to the
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great Recreation of the Beholders, by the Con
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trivance of ſome little moving Statues of Braſs,
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placed in the Front of the Head of the Aque
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duct, which repreſented the publick Games and
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the Ceremony of the Triumph. </
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Time, the Sound of muſical Inſtruments and
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ſweet Voices was heard, which were cauſed by
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the Motion of the Water. </
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were covered in with an Arch of a good Thick
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neſs, to prevent the Water from being heated
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by the Sun; and this Vault was plaiſtered on
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the Inſide with ſuch a Compoſition as we have
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formerly in this Book recommended for Floors,
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to the Thickneſs of at leaſt ſix Inches. </
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Parts of the ancient Aqueduct were theſe.
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>Joining to the Incile was the
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Septum;
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along
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the Courſe of the Conduit were the
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Caſtella;
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where any higher Ground interfered the
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Specus
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was dug; laſtly, to the Head was annexed the
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Calix.
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lowing Deſcription of theſe ſeveral Parts. </
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Aqueduct is a Conduit for conveying Water to
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a certain Place by means of a gentle Slope.
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Septum
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is a Flood-gate or Water-ſtop
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made at the Sluice for letting the Water into
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the Aqueduct. </
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Caſtella
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are Water-houſes
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or Conduit-heads for the Reception of the
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publick Water. </
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Specus
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is a Kind of Mill
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dam dug in the Earth. </
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Calix
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is the End
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or Mouth of the Aqueduct, which diſcharges
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the Water. </
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ſtout Work, the Bottom as ſtrong as poſſible,
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the Plaiſtering tight and by no means ſubject
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to crack. </
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ſtopt with a Flood-gate, with which you may
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ſhut out the Water when it happens to be tur
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bid, and by means whereof you may have an
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Opportunity to mend any Part of the Aque
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duct which is decayed, without being prevent
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ed by the Water; and this Flood-gate muſt
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have a Grate of Braſs to it, that Water may
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flow into the Aqueduct clearer and more re
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fined, leaving behind it the Leaves, Boughs
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and other Traſh that fall into it. </
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hundred Cubits muſt be either a Conduit-head,
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or a Mill-dam twenty Foot broad, thirty long,
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and fifteen deep below the Bottom of the Chan
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nel; and theſe are made to the Intent that
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thoſe Waters which either fall into the Aque
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duct from the Earth, or are thrown into it too
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violently, may have a Place to ſubſide below
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the other Stream, which by that means will
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have room to flow on more refined and clear.
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