Benedetti, Giovanni Battista de, Io. Baptistae Benedicti ... Diversarvm specvlationvm mathematicarum, et physicarum liber : quarum seriem sequens pagina indicabit ; [annotated and critiqued by Guidobaldo Del Monte]

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                    <pb o="421" rhead="EPISTOL AE." n="433" file="0433" xlink:href="http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/zogilib?fn=/permanent/library/163127KK/pageimg/0433"/>
                  tum, ſi dempſeris ex quadrato ipſius .100000. ſemidiametro ſphęræ, </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5098" xml:space="preserve">tuncradix qua-
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                  drata reſidui, erit perpendicularis à centro ſphæræ ad centrum pentagoni partium,
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                  79461. cuius tertia pars, ſi multiplicata fuerit cum pentagono ſupra reperto dicti cor
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                  poris producet vnam ex .12. pyramidibus componentibus dictum Duodecaedron,
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                  quæ pyramis, demum, multiplicata per .12. dabit totam corpulentiam ipſius Duo
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                  decaedri partium .2785354925791680.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5099" xml:space="preserve">Nunc verò ſi experiri voluerimus vtrum iſti calculi duorum corporum maiorum
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                  ſint rectè ſupputati,
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                  ſi ad
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                  .12.
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                  ,
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                  eſt
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                  .2785354925791680
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                  conuenit numerus partium .2536010579470260. ipſius Icoſaedri, quid conueniet
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                  lateri cubi partium .115476. & inueniemus conuenire latus ipſius Icoſaedri partium
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                  105138. eo quod probatum ſit in
                    <ref id="ref-0026">.10. propoſitione .14. li. Eucl.</ref>
                  eandem
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                  eſſe corpulentiæ ipſius Duodecaedri ad corpulentiam ipſius Icoſaedri, quæ lateris
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                  cubi ad latus Icoſaedri.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5100" xml:space="preserve">Hæc autem corpora, ita ſibi inuicem, & cum eorum ſphæra harmonicè
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                  quemadmodum antiqui philoſophi inuenerunt, vt
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                  non ſit, ipſos credidiſ-
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                  ſe omnia quæ natura conſtant, aliquo pacto exiſtis corporibus fieri. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5101" xml:space="preserve">Conſidera quæ-
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                  ſo quomodo conueniant inuicem Tetraedron, Octaedron, & Icoſaedron, cum uniuſ-
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                  cuiuſque baſes ſint triangulares æquilateræ intelli gendo ſemper hæc corpora ab ea-
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                  dem ſphæra circunſcriptibilia.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5102" xml:space="preserve">Octaedron, cum Tetraedro etiam in hoc conuenit, quod latus Octaedri æquale
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                  ſit ei perpendiculari, quæ diuidit baſim Tetraedri per æqualia, vtſupra demonſtra-
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                  uimus.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5103" xml:space="preserve">Harmonicis etiam interua llis hæc duo corpora inuicem concordantur, cum baſis
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                  Tetraedri ad baſim Octaedri ſeruet proportionem ſeſquitertiam, conſonantiæ dia-
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                  teſſaron. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5104" xml:space="preserve">Et proportio omnium ſuperficierum ſiue baſium Octaedri ſimul ſumpta-
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                  rum, ad omnes baſes ipſius Tetraedri ſimul ſumptas ſit ſeſquialtera, conſonantiæ dia
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                  pentis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5105" xml:space="preserve">Neque omittendum eſt, quod proportio Octaedriad triplum Tetraedri ſit,
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                  vt latus Octaedri ad latus Tetraedri.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5106" xml:space="preserve">Proportio verò lateris Octaedri, ad axem Tetraedri, potentia eſt ſeſquioctaua,
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                  vt ſupra vidimus interuallum ſcilicet harmonicum toni maioris.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5107" xml:space="preserve">Harmonia verò Tetraedri, & Exaedri
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                  eorum ſphæra, talis eſt, vt proportio dia
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                  metriſphæræ, potentia, tripla ſit lateri Exaedri, & ſeſquialtera lateri Tetraedri, ex
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                  quo ſequitur latus Tetraedri potentia duplum exiſtere lateri Exaedri. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5108" xml:space="preserve">Interuallum
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                  enim triplum in harmonicis, componitur ex diapaſon, & diapente, & ſonat ſpeciem
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                  diapentis. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5109" xml:space="preserve">Duplum verò eſt diapaſon, ſeſquialterum autem eſt di apente, quę con-
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                  ſonantiæ perfectiſſimæ ſunt.</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5110" xml:space="preserve">Proportio verò diametri ſphæræ, potentia dupla eſt lat eri Octaedri, conſonantię
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                  diapaſon. </s>
                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5111" xml:space="preserve">Ex quo ſequitur proportionem lateris Tetraedri ad latus Octaedri, po-
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                  tentia, ſeſquitertiam eſſe, hoc eſt conſonantiæ diateſſaron, & proportionem lateris
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                  Octaedri ad latus Exaedri, potentia, ſeſquialteram eſſe, ita quod quatuor iſtæ poten
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                  tiæ, ideſt diametri ſphæræ, lateris Tetraedri, lateris Octaedri, & lateris Exaedri con-
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                  ſtituunt harmoniam ferè perfectiſſimam, ijs terminis comprehenſam .6. 4. 3. 2. (dixi
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                  ferè, quia ditonus ſupra terminum .3. vel ſemiditonus ſub termino .2. hoc loco non
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                  reperitur, cuius quidem terminus eſſet .2. cum duabus quintis.)</s>
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                  <s xml:id="echoid-s5112" xml:space="preserve">Adde quod diameter ſphæræ triplus eſt longitudine ad
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                  ductam
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                  à centro ſphæræ ad baſim Octaedri, quæ proportio, vt ſupra dictum eſt, dicitur dia-
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                  paſondiapente, practici verò eam vocant duodecimam.</s>
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