Heron Alexandrinus, Spiritali di Herone Alessandrino

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              <s>Del Sifone torto.</s>
              <s> I.
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              1
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              Sia il ſifone torto, cioè il canale ABC, la cui gamba AB ſia nel va-
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              ſo DE pieno d'acqua; e la ſuperficie dell'acqua ſia fino alla linea dirit-
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              ta FG, e la gamba AB del ſifone torto ſi empia d'acqua a dirittura di
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              FG, cioè la parte di eſſo poſta tra la AH: ma la parte HBC ſia piena
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              d'aria.</s>
              <s> Se dunque dalla parte C del ſifone tiraremo l'aria che vi è den-
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              tro con la bocca, ſe ne verrà l'acqua ancora dopo lei, percioche come già
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              prima hauemo detto, non può eſſere vn luogo al tutto vacuo; e ſe fia la
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              bocca del ſifone nella parte C dirimpetto adeſſo FG, il ſifone benche em-
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              pito d'acqua non per queſto
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              correrà; ma ſtaraſſi così pie_
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              no, a tale che la parte di lui
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              ABC ſerà piena d'acqua,
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              benche in alto ſi leui contra
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              la natura ſua; e così a gui-
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              ſa d'vna bilancia c'habbi li
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              ſuoi peſi eguali, l'acqua ſta-
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              rà ferma, alzata in quanto
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              alla parte HB, & all'ingiù
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              ſoſpeſa in quanto all'altra
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              BC.</s>
              <s> Ma ſe la bocca poi di
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              fuori del ſifone fuſſe ſotto la
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              linea diritta FG, come ſa-
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              rebbe a dire in K, l'acqua
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              ſenza dubbio all'hora ſi ver_
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              ſarabbe, perche la parte che
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              ſi troua in KB, eſſendo più
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              grave di quella che è in BH
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              s'inſignoriſce, e tira, & a
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              punto ſi verſa fin tanto, che
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              la bocca K ſia poſta in piano
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              con la ſuperficie dell'acqua;
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              e da quello in poi, più non ſi
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              verſerà
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              l'iſteſſa cagione.</s>
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