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<s id="N10108">Mechanica facultas <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;olùm ab imperitis, <lb/> verùm etiam ab eruditis admirabilis &longs;em­<lb/> per habita fuit; eorum enim, qu&etail; in admi­<lb/> rationem homines trahunt, duo e&longs;&longs;e gene­<lb/> ra Ari&longs;toteles in principio <expan abbr="&longs;uarũ">&longs;uarum</expan> <expan abbr="qu&etail;&longs;tionũ">qu&etail;&longs;tionum</expan> <lb/> Meehanicarum a&longs;&longs;eruit; quorum &longs;anè alte <lb/> rum ad ea pertinet, quæ natura quidem, <lb/> proximis tamen ip&longs;orum cau&longs;is latentibus in lucem <expan abbr="prodeũt">prodeunt</expan>; <lb/> alterum verò &longs;pectat ad ea, qu&etail; pr&etail;ter naturam, & arte fiunt; <lb/> quibus natura &longs;uperari videtur (quamquam & ip&longs;a plurimùm <lb/> momenti ad &longs;e ip&longs;am euincendam tune quo&que; afferat) & <lb/> quod natur&etail; uiribus in lucem prodire nequit, id arte fieri con<lb/> tingat, ob idquè maiorem adhuc admirationem excitat, quòd <lb/> ars natur&etail; &etail;mula, qua&longs;i aduer&longs;us naturam <expan abbr="ipugnãs">ipugnans</expan>, cam &longs;upe­<lb/> ret, & <expan abbr="tanquã">tanquan</expan> vim ip&longs;i in ferre videatur; cuius &longs;anè operationis <lb/> cau&longs;a quo&que; cognita admirationem parit; cùm exigua admo <lb/> dum ad tanti operis productionem appareat. </s>
<s id="N10142">admirabile e&longs;t &longs;a­<lb/> nè ip&longs;ius artis magi&longs;terium, cùm adeò potens &longs;it, vt effectus na­<lb/> tur&etail; repugnantes producere tentet. </s>
<s id="N10148">quippè quibus, ni&longs;i ita &longs;en<lb/> &longs;ibus &longs;ubijciàntur; vt tangi propemodum, & con&longs;pici po&longs;&longs;int, <lb/> vix fides adhibeatur; idquè <expan abbr="nõ">non</expan> &longs;ine admiratione adhuc cogni<lb/> tum, ac per&longs;ua&longs;um nobis e&longs;&longs;e po&longs;&longs;it. </s>
<s id="N10156">huiu&longs;modi autem mira­<lb/> bilium operum opifex e&longs;t ip&longs;a mechanica di&longs;ciplina, tam na­<lb/> tur&etail; &etail;mula, quàm oppugnatrix valida. </s>
<s id="N1015C">H&etail;c enim grauia pro<lb/> prio fermè nutu &longs;ur&longs;um attolli, magnaquè pondera ab exigua