Castelli, Benedetto
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Of the mensuration of running waters
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1661
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ding of 13. it increaſed ſeptuple, and by adding of 15. octuple,
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and by adding of 17. nonuple, and laſtly by adding 19. Syphons;
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ſo that all the water was centuple to the water of one Syphon,
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yet nevertheleſs the quick height of all this water was onely de
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cuple to the firſt height conjoyned by the water that iſſued from
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one onely Syphon.</
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>For the more clear underſtanding of all which, I have made
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the following Figure; in which we have the mouth A, that
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maintaineth the water of the Veſſel B C in the ſame level; though
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it continually run; to the brim of the Veſſel are put 25. Sy
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phons (and there may be many more) divided into 5 Claſſes,
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D E F G H, and the firſt D, are of one onely Syphon; the ſecond
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E, of three Syphons; the third F, of five; the fourth G, of 7; the
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fifth H, of 9; and one may ſuppoſe the ſixth of 11, the ſeventh
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of 13 Syphons, and ſo of the other Claſſes, all containing in con
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ſequent odd numbers ſucceſſively (we are content to repreſent in
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the Figure no more but the five forenamed Claſſes to avoid con
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fuſion) the gathered water D E F G H, which runneth thorow
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the Chanel I K L, and falleth into the out-let M N O P; and ſo
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much ſufficeth for the explanation of this experiment.</
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