Tartaglia, Niccolo, Quesiti et inventioni diverse, 1554

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                <s id="s.000601">QVESITO DECIMOSETTIMO FATTO DAL
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                medeſimo Signor Prior di Barletta.
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                <s id="s.000602">PRIORE. D
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                iteme un poco, ſe per caſo in qualche improuiſo aſſalto ne ſuſſe
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                inchiodate le artegliarie, ſaria poßibile à ritrouar un modo, che fuſſe ſpediente
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                & preſto di poter ipſo facto, cioe de ſubito diſchiodar le dette artegliarie, dico de ſubi
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                co, perche moliti dicono ſaper far, & fanno certa acqua, ouer olio, qual ponendolo ſo­
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                pra el ſoro inchiodato corode quel ferro talmente, che diſchiodano quel tal pezzo.
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                <s id="s.000603">Alcuni altri ho inteſo, che fanno el medeſimo con un trappano, cioe per el modo che u­
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                ſano à farui il primo buſo, nondimeno cadauno di queſti modi uoleno tempo aſſai, &
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                maßime eſſendoui molto numero de pe
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                zz
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                i da deſchiodare, & io uoria ritrouar un mo
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                do, ſe poßit el fuſſe, di poterle diſchiodar con cellerita, & preſtezza.
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                N. </s>
                <s id="s.000604">A
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                me mi
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                pare, che tal coſa ſe potria fare (ſe non me inganno) à recargare tutte le dette arteglia
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                ria, con balle alquanto ſcarſette, cioe, che non uadano molto ſerrate nel pezzo, & da
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                poi che ſono cargate, metterle à ſegno uerſo al luoco doue potria occorrer il biſogno,
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                cioe come proprio ſe faria, quando che loro non fuſſeno inchiodate, & dapoi farui una
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                ſementella di poluere nel fondo della
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                , che uada dalla bocca del pezzo, per fin alla
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                balla di cadauna artegliaria, & per non tirarle fruſtamente aſpettar la occaſtione, &
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                occorrendo la occaſione da tirarle, darui il ſuoco per la bocca, onde oltra che faranno
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                li ſuoi effetti ordinarij, tutte nel diſcargarſe penſo ſe diſchioderanno, & getteranno
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                fuora quel chiodo, ouer ponta di ferro con che furono inchiodate: & coſi facendo de
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                tal inchiodatura ſe uenira à non patirne alcun ſenistro ouer diſconzo.
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                P. C
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                erto que
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                sto è bello, e molto ſpediente, & non credo, che ſi poteſſe ritrouar modo meglio di que
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                ſto, domente che nel diſcargarſe facciano questo effetto, che haueti detto di gettarne
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                quel chiodo, ouer ponta di ferro, con che furno inchiodate.
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                N. S
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                enza dubbio lo git­
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                taranno.
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                P. E
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                t ſe per caſo alcuna non lo gettaſſe, per eſſcrui forſi piu fiſſamente po­
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                sto delle altre, che rimedio ui ſi potria aggiongere.
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                N. C
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                argarla, & tirarla un'al­
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                tra uolta per el medeſimo modo, uero è che ui gettaſſe ſopra la inchiodatura un poco
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                di oglio caldißimo ſcaldando anchora prima el luoco doue è la inchiodatura con car­
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                bon acceſo, poi con creda farui ſopra un uaſetto attorno el buſo, che ritenga quello olio
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                caldo, che ui ſi ponera, il che facendo el buco con quel ferro interpoſto, per la ſua cali­
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                dita, ſorbiranno quello olio caldo, la qual coſa fara quel tal ferro piu lubricoſo ad uſci
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                re. </s>
                <s id="s.000605">Anchora ſe dapoi che ſi hauera poſta, & aſſettata la poluere nel mezzo (innanti
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                che ui ſe ponga la balla) ſara fatto uno buſo con una aſta nella detta poluere, el quale
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                penetri per fin in fondo della canna del ditto pe
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                zz
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                o, cioe che uada à referire appreſ­
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                ſo al detto buſo inchiodato, tal cautella
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                ſara fora di propoſito in questo caſo: Et cre
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                do, che <34>ſta ſupplira ſenza operar
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                olio caldo.
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                P. Q
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                ueſto credo anchora
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                mi, perche nel diſcargarſe, la furia del fuoco troua tutte le comiſſure mal comeſſe, &
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                pero non credo che uiſta debiſogno à preparar la materia con olio caldo, ne fredo, al­
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                tramente. </s>
                <s id="s.000606">Et perche credo ſta hora da'cena, non uoglio proccdiamo piu oltra, et pla­
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                uenire,
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                uoglio che piu parlamo della artegliaria, ma che intramo in qual che altra in
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                genioſa materia, perche circa alle coſe della artegliaria, io non ſo piu che
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                .
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