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<s id="s.002034"><emph type="center"/><emph type="italics"/>In fi&longs;tulis strictioribus altiùs aqua eleuari debet, quàm in <lb/> latioribus, & in fistulis æqualibus, &longs;ed in æqualiter ad <lb/> aquæ &longs;uperficiem inclinatis aqua ad eamdem <lb/> altitudinem eleuatur.<emph.end type="italics"/><emph.end type="center"/></s>
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<s id="s.002035">ET primo loco percipitur quare in fi&longs;tulis latio­<lb/> ribus aqua ad minorem altitudinem eleuatur, <lb/> quàm in &longs;ubtili&longs;&longs;imis, & angu&longs;ti&longs;&longs;imis canalibus: & <lb/> e&longs;t, quia adhærentia, & connexio aquæ parietibus <lb/> internis canalium maiorem proportionem ad molem <lb/> aquæ in&longs;inuatæ exten&longs;iuè, & inten&longs;iuè in canaliculis <lb/> &longs;ubtili&longs;&longs;imis, habet quàm in amplis, & capacioribus. <lb/> </s>
<s id="s.002036">Et quoad exten&longs;ionem pertinet, quia vis adhæ&longs;ionis <lb/> men&longs;uratur à contactibus, & ideò à &longs;uperficie inter­<lb/> na canaliculorum, è contrà re&longs;i&longs;tentia men&longs;uratur à <lb/> pondere cylindri aquei contenti in ij&longs;dem canalicu­<lb/> lis, e&longs;tque proportio cylindrorum aqueorum <expan abbr="eiu&longs;d&etilde;">eiu&longs;dem</expan> <lb/> altitudiais duplicata eius rationis, quam habent eo­<lb/> rum perimetri | interni, igitur quanto magis cre&longs;cit <lb/> interna canalis amplitudo, tantò magis minuitur ad­<lb/> hæ&longs;io, & augetur re&longs;i&longs;tentia ponderis ip&longs;ius aquæ <expan abbr="cõ-tentæ">con­<lb/> tentæ</expan>. </s>
<s id="s.002037">Imminuitur po&longs;teà gradus inten&longs;iuus internæ <lb/> <arrow.to.target n="marg516"/><lb/> adhæ&longs;ionis, proptereà quod, vt dictum e&longs;t &longs;upra, <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> <lb/> e&longs;t æquè valida facultas, & energia adhæ&longs;ionis aqu&etail;, <lb/> & connexionis | cum parietibus internis |in | vniuer&longs;o <lb/> illo argine montuo&longs;o, &longs;ed e&longs;t minus efficax, quantò <lb/> magis ab internis parietibus remouetur. </s>
<s id="s.002038">Modò i&ntail;