Casati, Paolo, De igne dissertationes physicae, 1686
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            dixiſti, confirmari poſſunt ex his, quæ Plinius lib.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16101" xml:space="preserve">2. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16102" xml:space="preserve">cap. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16103" xml:space="preserve">45. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16104" xml:space="preserve">ſcrip-
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            ſit: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16105" xml:space="preserve">*Sinè fine*, inquit, *ventos generant jam quidam etiam ſpecus*,
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            *qualis in Dalmatiæ orâ vaſto in præceps bjatu, in quem dejecto levi*
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            *pondere, quamvis tranquillo die, turbini ſimilis emicat procella: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16106" xml:space="preserve">nomen*
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            *loco eſt Senta.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16107" xml:space="preserve">* Reperiuntur autem non uno in loco ſpecuum
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            tractus ampliſſimi, atque in multa ſpatia longè producti, in qui-
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            bus maxima halituum omnis generis copia contineatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16108" xml:space="preserve">Alicubi
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            igitur contingit, ut commotos ac prodeuntes halitus, alii atque
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            alii ſubſequi poſſint. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16109" xml:space="preserve">Hinc ſi quando lacus aliqui ex injecto lapide
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            æſtuant, & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16110" xml:space="preserve">validâ tempeſtate agitantur, dicendum videtur im-
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            miſtas aquæ exhalationes motu illo excitari, ac tumultum
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            moliri, cum priùs quieſcerent: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16111" xml:space="preserve">quemadmodum etiam ſæpè nihil
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            graveolens ſtagnum aquæ putridę tunc primùm fœtorem emit-
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            tit, cum aqua incipit agitari. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16112" xml:space="preserve">Fieri autem poteſt, ut ex commotâ
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            lacûs aquâ, aut irritato cavernarum aëre non exhalationes
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            tantùm, ſed & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16113" xml:space="preserve">vapores plurimi ſimul exiliant, ac propterea non
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            ſolùm ventus, ſed etiam pluvia gignatur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16114" xml:space="preserve">Cujus rei exemplum
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            ſi ſatis meminiſti, tibi obtulit Atlas Sinicus pag. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16115" xml:space="preserve">138. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16116" xml:space="preserve">in XII.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s16117" xml:space="preserve">Provinciâ Quangtung hęc enim habet: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16118" xml:space="preserve">*Propè Sinbing mons eſt*
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            *Tienlu cavernoſus, atque horridus aſpectu: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16119" xml:space="preserve">in eo fontem eſſe ſcribunt*,
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            *ſeu ſtagnum inacceſſum, cui ſi ex alto vel lapillus iniiciatur, boatus ac*
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            *ſtrepitus auditur inſtar tonitrui, ac quàm mox turbidum fit Cœlum*,
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            *ac pluvia decidit; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16120" xml:space="preserve">indè Draconis ſtagnum dicitur.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16121" xml:space="preserve">* Similiter pag. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16122" xml:space="preserve">82. </s>
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            in VII. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16124" xml:space="preserve">Provinciâ Huquang propè Choxan *eſt Xang yung amnis*,
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            *in quo ingens una Cat adupa, ſeu aquæ lapſus eſt, in quem ſi vel lapidem*
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            *injeceris, continuò tonitrua, ac pluvia ingruit.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16125" xml:space="preserve">* Quod ſi cum vapori-
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            bus atque exhalationibus flatum gignentibus commiſcerentur
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            etiam non paucæ expirationes ex iis, quæ fulguribus atque ful-
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            minibus materiam exhibent, ſatis conſtat ex illâ commotione
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            poſſe etiam in nube, quæ ex vaporibns efformatur, concipi ful-
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            men, quod Cyclopas in antro fabricatos Poëtæ fabulentùr.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s16127" xml:space="preserve">Maur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16128" xml:space="preserve">Aliqui fortaſſe opinentur, credulitatem in mentes
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            noſtras nimis facilè irrepſiſſe, cum aliquando peregrinis narra-
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            tionibus ſententiam noſtram firmare ſtudeamus, ſæpè autem
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            ea ſtudiosè inquiramus, quibus veriſimilitudinem conſectemur,
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            ne illa omni probabilitate prorsùs carere videantur. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16129" xml:space="preserve">Sed nun-
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            quid Authoribus temerè abroganda eſt fides, per quos, nullâ
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            falſitatis aut fraudis ſuſpicione laborantes, in longè diſſitarum.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s16130" xml:space="preserve">Provinciarum notitiam deducimur? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16131" xml:space="preserve">An quia exotica multa
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            ſunt, nec noſtris hiſce regionibus communia, idcirco etiam com-
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            mentitia? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16132" xml:space="preserve">Plura quoquè ſunt nobis vulgaria & </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s16133" xml:space="preserve">pervagata, </s>
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