Alberti, Leone Battista
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Architecture
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1755
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Bridge, or rather a very long Arch; ſo that
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in the Conſtruction of it we ought to obſerve
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all the ſame Rules that we have juſt now been
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laying down concerning Bridges. </
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ents had ſo high a Notion of the Serviceable
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neſs of Drains and Sewers, that they beſtowed
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no greater Care and Expence upon any Struc
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ture whatſoever, than they did upon them; and
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among all the wonderful Buildings in the City
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of
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Rome,
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the Drains are accounted the nobleſt.
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>I ſhall not ſpend Time to ſhew how many Con
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veniences ariſe from good Drains; how clean
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they keep the City, and how neat all Buildings
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both publick and private, or how much they
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conduce to the Clearneſs and Healthineſs of
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the Air.</
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>THE City of
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Smyrna,
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where
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Trebonius
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was
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beſieged and relieved by
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Dolabella,
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is ſaid to have
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been extremely beautiful, both for the Straitneſs
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of the Streets, and its many noble Structures;
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but not having Drains to receive and carry away
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its own Filth, it offended the Inhabitants abo
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minable with ill Smells.
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Siena,
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a City in
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Tuſ
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cany,
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not having Drains wants a very great
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Help to Cleanlineſs; by which Means the
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Town not only ſtinks every Night and Morn
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ing, when People throw their Naſtineſs out of
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the Windows, but even in the Day Time it is
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ſeen lying about the Streets. </
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two Sorts; one carries away the Filth into
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ſome River, Lake or Sea; the other is a deep
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Hole dug in the Ground, where the Naſtineſs
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lies till it is conſumed in the Bowels of the
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Earth. </
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to have a ſmooth ſloping Pavement, ſtrong
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compacted, that the Ordure may run off freely,
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and that the Structure itſelf may not be rotted
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by the Moiſture lying continually ſoaking
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upon it. </
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River, that no Floods or Tides may fill it with
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Mud and choak it up. </
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lie open and uncover'd to the Air, need have
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no other Pavement but the Ground itſelf; for
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the Poets call the Earth
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Cerberus,
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and the Phi
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loſophers, the
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Woolf of the Gods,
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becauſe it de
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vours and conſumes every Thing. </
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whatever Filth and Naſtineſs is brought into
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it, the Earth rots and deſtroys it, and prevents
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its emitting ill Steams. </
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tion of Urine, ſhould be as far from the Houſe
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as poſſible; becauſe the Heat of the Sun makes
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it rot and ſmell intolerably. </
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not help thinking that Rivers and Canals, eſ
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pecially ſuch as are for the Paſſage of Ships,
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ought to be included under the Denomination
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of Roads; ſince many are of Opinion, that
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Ships are nothing but a Sort of Carriages, and
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the Sea itſelf no more than a huge Road. </
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there is no Neceſſity to ſay any thing more of
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theſe in this Place. </
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the Conveniences we have here treated of, are
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not found ſufficient, our Buſineſs is to ſtudy
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how to mend the Faults, and make whatever
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other Additions are needful: The Method of
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doing which, we ſhall ſpeak of in due Time.</
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Of the proper Structure for a Haven, and of making convenient Squares in
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the City.
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City that falls in properly with the Sub
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ject of this Book, it is certainly the Haven,
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which may be defined a Goal or proper Place
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from whence you may begin a Voyage, or
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where having performed it you may put an
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End to the Fatigue of it, and take Repoſe.
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>Others perhaps would ſay that a Haven is a Sta
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ble for Ships; but let it be what you will, ei
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ther a Goal, a Stable, or a Receptacle, it is cer
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tain that if the Buſineſs of a Haven is to give a
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Reception to Ships out of the Violence of Storms,
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it ought to be made in ſuch a Manner as to be
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a ſufficient Shelter for that Purpoſe: Let its
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Sides be ſtrong and high, and let there be
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Room enough for large Veſſels heavy laden to
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come in and lie quiet in it. </
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ences, if they are offered to you by the natu
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ral Situation of the Place, you have nothing
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more to wiſh for; unleſs, as at
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Athens
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where
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Thucidides
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ſays there were three Havens made
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by Nature, it ſhould happen that you are
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doubtful among ſuch a Number, which to
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already ſaid in the firſt Book, that there are
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ſome Places where all the Winds cannot be,
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and others where ſome actually are continually
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troubleſome and dangerous. </
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