DelMonte, Guidubaldo, Le mechaniche

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              <s id="id.2.1.464.11.0">
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              to aſſai, & ſin qui è ſtato ſeguito molto nella ſua dottrina. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.12.0">Hor l'autore noſtro hà
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              procurato con ogni ſtudi o di caminare per la via de' buoni Greci antichi,
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              maeſtri delle ſcienze, & in particolare di Archimede Siracuſano prencipe delle ma
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              thematiche famo ſiſsimo, & di Pappo Aleſſandrino, come egli dice, leggendogli
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              nella ſua propria fauella, non tradotti; peroche il piu delle volte ſono coſi mal
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              trattati, che à gran pena ſi puote trarre da loro frutto veruno. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.13.0">& affine che queſta
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              noua opinion ſua, dimoſtrata à pieno nella predetta quarta propoſitione, reſti to­
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              talmente chiara, non ſi è gia
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              egli d'hauerla dimoſtrata con viue ragioni,
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              & certe ſolamente, ma come buon filoſofo, procedente con via di reale dottrina,
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              & di fondata ſcienza, (imitando Ariſtotele, ilqual ne' principii de ſuoi libri, inue­
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              ſtigando dottrina migliore, hà datto contra la opinione de gli antichi, ſoluendo
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              le ragioni addotte da loro:) hà ben voluto, eſſendo la verità vna ſola, proporre le
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              opinioni de'ſuoi predeceſſori, & eſaminare le loro ragioni, lequali ſembrano pro
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              uar il contrario, & ſoluerle, la loro fallenza
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              co'l preſente diſcorſo, che
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              incomincia, come è detto à carte cinque nella faccia ſeconda, & qui finiſce il qua
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              le diſcorſo ſeruirà in queſta materia, ſecondo che ſi ſuole dire per la opinione de
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              gli antichi. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.14.0">Et percio che egli contiene coſe di altiſsima ſpeculatione, maſsimamen­
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              te d'intorno al conſiderare doue ſia piu graue vn peſo ſolo poſto in vno braccio
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              della bilancia, biſogna in ogni modo, per bene intendere, leggerlo, & iſtudiarlo
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              con accuratiſsima diligenza. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.15.0">Ma per certo l'autore è ſtato non ſolo il primo à tro
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              uare queſta verità, ma il primo etiandio a dimoſtrare in qual maniera ſia meſtieri
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              conſiderare, & ſpeculare interamente la preſente materia tutta. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.16.0">Con laquale ſpecu­
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              latione proua di nouo, & confermai varij effetti, & accidenti della bilancia già di
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              moſtrati nelle proſsime tre propoſitioni; moſtrando ancora, come ſin qui coteſte
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              coſe ſiano da gli altri ſtate malamente conſiderate, & con principij falſi. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.17.0">Anzi di
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              piu per confermatione della verità ſoggiunge, che queſti tali non hanno ſaputo fa
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              re le loro demoſtrationi; poi che co'l proprio modo di ſpeculare vſato da loro,
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              & con le loro medeſime ragioni proua la ſua intentione, & ſentenza eſſere veriſsi
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              ma, appoggiando ſi alla dottrina di Ariſtotele ſempre, & facendo toccar con ma­
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              no, che egli con eſſo lui è d'accordo nelle queſtioni mechaniche. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.18.0">In trattando
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              queſta materia moue l'autore alcuni dubbi molto belli, & curioſi, & poi chiara­
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              mente gli ſolue. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.19.0">In vltimo, accioche non mancaſſe nulla al compiuto conoſcimen
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              to di queſto ſoggetto, egli hà trattato delle bilancie, che hanno le braccia diſugua
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              li, & di quelle che hanno le dette braccia piegate, & torte. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.20.0">In ſomma ſi può ben
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              affermare, che in coteſto diſcorſo ſiano compreſe tutte quelle coſe, che poſſono eſ
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              ſere diuiſate d'intorno à materia tale. </s>
              <s id="id.2.1.464.21.0">Le quali ſono di belliſsima & ſottiliſsima ſpe
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              culatione, & à chiunque ſi diletta, & attende à queſti no bili ſtudi neceſſarijſsime,
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              & da eſſere, come hò ricordato piu d'una volta, con molta attentione vedute, &
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              conſiderate. </s>
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              <s id="id.2.1.465.1.0">Doue ſi legge queſto vocabolo latino Equilibrio, intendaſi per eguale contrapeſo,
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              cioè che peſa tanto da vna banda, quanto dallaltra in pari lance, ò libra, ò bilancia
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              che ſi dica. </s>
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              Librar congiuſte lance.
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              <s id="id.2.1.467.1.0">Diſſe il Petrarcha. </s>
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