Heron Alexandrinus, Pneumatica, 1899
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              <s id="id.000003">Πρὸ δὲ τῶν λέγεσθαι μελλόντων πρῶτον περὶ κενοῦ
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              διαληπτέον. </s>
              <s id="id.000004">οἱ μὲν γὰρ τὸ καθόλου μηδὲν εἶναι κενὸν
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              [2διατείνονται]2, οἱ δὲ ἄθρουν μὲν κατὰ φύσιν μηδὲν
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              εἶναι κενόν, παρεσπαρμένον δὲ κατὰ μικρὰ μόρια τῷ
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              ἀέρι καὶ τῷ ὑγρῷ καὶ [2τῷ]2 πυρὶ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις σώμα­
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              σιν· οἷς μάλιστα συμφέρεσθαι προσήκει· ἐκ γὰρ τῶν
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              φαινομένων καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν αἴσθησιν πιπτόντων ἐν τοῖς
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              ἑξῆς δείκνυται τοῦτο συμβαῖνον· %ἐν τῷ μέντοι τὰ
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              ἀγγεῖα τὰ δοκοῦντα εἶναι τοῖς πολλοῖς κενὰ οὐκ ἔστιν, ὡς
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              ὑπολαμβάνουσι, κενά, ἀέρος δὲ πλήρη. </s>
              <s id="id.000005">ὁ δὲ ἀήρ ἐστιν,
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              ὡς τοῖς περὶ φύσεως πραγματευσαμένοις ἀρέσκει, ἐκ
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              λεπτῶν καὶ μικρομερῶν σωμάτων συνεστηκὼς ἀφανῶν
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              ἡμῖν ὄντων ὡς ἐπὶ [2τὸ]2 πολύ. </s>
              <s id="id.000006">ἐὰν γοῦν εἰς τὸ δοκοῦν
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              ἀγγεῖον κενὸν ὑπάρχειν ἐγχέῃ τις ὕδωρ, καθ' ὅσον ἂν
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              πλῆθος τοῦ ὕδατος εἰς τὸ ἀγγεῖον ἐμπίπτῃ, κατὰ τοσοῦ­
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              τον πλῆθος ἀὴρ ἐκχωρήσει. </s>
              <s id="id.000007">κατανοήσειε δ' ἄν τις τὸ
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              λεγόμενον ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτου· ἐὰν γὰρ εἰς ὕδωρ κατα­
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              στρέψας ἀγγεῖον τὸ δοκοῦν εἶναι κενὸν πιέζῃς εἰς τὸ
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              κάτω ἀκλινὲς διαφυλάσσων, οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται τὸ ὕδωρ
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              εἰς αὐτό, κἂν ὅλον αὐτὸ κρύψῃς· ὥστε δῆλον εἶναι,
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              ὅτι σῶμα ὑπάρχων ὁ ἀὴρ οὐκ ἐᾷ παρεισελθεῖν τὸ ὕδωρ
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              διὰ τὸ πεπληρωκέναι πάντα τὸν ἐν τῷ ἀγγείῳ τόπον.
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              <s id="id.000008">ἐὰν γοῦν τρυπήσῃ τις τὸν πυθμένα τοῦ ἀγγείου, τὸ
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              μὲν ὕδωρ διὰ τοῦ στόματος εἰς αὐτὸ εἰσελεύσεται, ὁ
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              δὲ ἀὴρ διὰ τοῦ τρυπήματος ἐξελεύσεται. </s>
              <s id="id.000009">πάλιν δὲ </s>
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