Castelli, Benedetto, Of the mensuration of running waters, 1661

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              <s>PROPOSITION I.</s>
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              The Sections of the ſame River diſcharge equal quan­
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              tities of Water in equal times, although the Secti­
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              ons themſelves he unequal.
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              <s>Let the two Sections be A and B, in the River C, running
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              from A, towards B; I ſay, that they diſcharge equal quan­
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              tity of Water in equal times; for if greater quantity of Wa­
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              ter ſhould paſs through A, than paſſeth through B, it would
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              follow that the Water in the intermediate ſpace of the River C,
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              would increaſe continually, which is manifeſtly falſe, but if
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              more Water ſhould iſſue through the Section B, than entreth at
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              the Section A, the Water in the intermediate ſpace C, would
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              grow continually leſs, and alwaies ebb, which is likewiſe falſe;
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              therefore the quantity of Water that paſſeth through the Secti­
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              on B, is equal to the quantity of Water which paſſeth through
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              the Section A, and therefore the Sections of the ſame River diſ­
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              charge,
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              &c.
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              Which w s to be demonſtrated.</s>
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              <s>PROPOSITION II.</s>
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              In two Sections of Rivers, the quantity of the Water
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              which paſſeth by one Section, is to that which paſ­
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              ſeth by the ſecond, in a Proportion compounded of
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              the proportions of the firſt Section to the ſecond, and
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              of the velocitie through the first, to the velocitie
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              of the ſecond.
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              <s>I Et A, and B be two Sections of a River; I ſay, that the
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              quantity of Water which paſſeth through A, is to that which
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              paſſeth through B, in a proportion compounded of the pro­
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              portions of the firſt Section A, to the Section B; and of the velo­
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              city through A, to the velocity through B: Let a Section be </s>
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