Heron Alexandrinus, Pneumatica, 1899

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              εὔθλαστος εἶναι, χωροῦσα ὅσον κοτύλας η#. </s>
              <s id="id.000037">στεγνῆς δὲ
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              οὔσης αὐτῆς πάντοθεν τρυπήσαντα δεῖ σίφωνα καθεῖναι
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              χαλκοῦν, τουτέστι σωλῆνα λεπτόν, μὴ ψαύοντα τοῦ
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              κατὰ διάμετρον τόπου τοῦ τετρυπημένου σημείου,
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              ὅπως ὕδατι διάρρυσις ὑπάρχῃ, τὸ δὲ ἄλλο μέρος αὐτοῦ
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              ἐκτὸς ὑπερέχειν τῆς σφαίρας ὅσον δακτύλους τρεῖς·
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              τὴν δὲ τοῦ τρυπήματος περιοχήν, δι' οὗ καθίεται ὁ
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              σίφων, στεγνοῦν δεῖ κασσιτέρῳ προσλαμβάνοντα πρός τε
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              τὸν σίφωνα καὶ τὴν ἐκτὸς τῆς σφαίρας ἐπιφάνειαν,
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              ὥστε ὅταν βουλώμεθα τῷ στόματι διὰ τοῦ σίφωνος
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              ἐμφυσᾶν, κατὰ μηδένα τρόπον τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς σφαίρας
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              διεκπίπτειν. </s>
              <s id="id.000038">σκοπῶμεν δὴ τὰ συμβαίνοντα· ὑπάρχοντος
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              γὰρ ἀέρος ἐν αὐτῇ, καθάπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἀγ­
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              γείοις πᾶσι τοῖς λεγομένοις κενοῖς, τοῦ δὲ ἀέρος
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              πεπληρωκότος πάντα τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ τόπον καὶ προσ­
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              ερηρεισμένου κατὰ συνέχειαν πρὸς τὴν τοῦ τεύχους
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              περιοχὴν καὶ μηδενὸς κενοῦ, καθάπερ οἴονται, τὸ
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              παράπαν ὑπάρχοντος τόπου, οὔτ' ἂν ὕδωρ εἰσκρῖναι
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              δυνηθείημεν οὔτε ἄλλον ἀέρα, μὴ ὑποχωρήσαντος
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              τοῦ πρότερον ἐν αὐτῇ ὑπάρχοντος ἀέρος. </s>
              <s id="id.000039">καὶ ἐὰν μετὰ
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              πολλῆς βίας τὴν εἴσκρισιν ποιώμεθα, πρότερον διαρρα­
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              γήσεται τὸ τεῦχος ἢ ἐπιδέξεταί τι πλῆρες ὑπάρχον·
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              οὔτε γὰρ τὰ σώματα τοῦ ἀέρος δύναται συσταλῆναι
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              εἰς ἔλασσον μέγεθος· δεήσει γὰρ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἔχειν τινὰ
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              διαστήματα, εἰς ἃ συμπιλούμενα ἐλάσσων αὐτοῖς ὄγκος
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              ἔσται· τοῦτο δὲ οὐ πιθανὸν γίνεται μὴ ὄντος καθόλου
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              κενοῦ· οὔτε συνερηρεισμένων κατὰ πάσας τὰς ἐπι­
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              φανείας τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ ὁμοίως πρὸς </s>
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