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

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              <s>THE
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              Pope VRBAN VIII.</s>
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              <s>I lay at the Feet of your Ho­
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              lineſſe theſe my Conſide­
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              rations concerning the
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              MENSURATION OF
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              RUNNING WATERS:
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              Wherein if I ſhall have ſucceeded, being a
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              matter ſo difficult and unhandled by Wri­
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              ters both Ancient Modern, the diſcovery of
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              any thing of truth hath been the Effect of
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              Your Holineſſes Command; and if through
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              inability I have miſſed the Mark, the ſame </s>
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