Mathematical Collections and Translations: The First Tome


Mathematical Collections and Translations: The First Tome



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To the most Serene Grand DUKE OF TUSCANY.

To the Noble and most perfectly Accomplished S^{t.} JOHN DENHAM Knight of the Noble Order of the BATH, And Surveyor General of his Ma^{ties} Works, &c.

THE AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS of the FIRST TOME.

GALILÆUS Galilæus Lyncæus, HIS SYSTEME OF THE WORLD.
  The First Dialogue.
  The Second Dialogue.
  The Third Dialogue.
  The Fourth Dialogue.

THE Ancient and Modern DOCTRINE OF Holy Fathers, AND Iudicious Divines,

A TABLE Of the most Observable PERSONS and MATTERS Mentioned in the FIRST PART Of The First Tome.

MATHEMATICAL COLLECTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS: THE SECOND TOME.

THE AUTHOURS EPISTLE TO Pope URBAN VIII.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE Authour and Work.

OF THE MENSURATION OF Running Waters.
  LIB. I.
  Lib. II.

A CONSIDERATION Upon the DRAINING OF THE Pontine Fenns.

A TABLE Of the most observable matters in this Treatise of the MENSURATION of RUNNING WATERS.

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A TABLE Of the most observable matters in this Treatise of the MENSURATION of RUNNING WATERS.


A
Abatements of a River in different and unequal Diversions, is alwaies equal, which is proved with 100. Syphons. Page 75
Arno River when it riseth upon a Land-Flood near the Sea one third of a Brace, it riseth about Pisa 6. or 7. Braces. 82
B
Banks near to the Sea lower, than far from thence. Corollary XIV. 16
Brent River diverted from the Lake of Venice, and its effects. 64
Brent supposed insufficient to remedy the inconveniences of the Lake, and the falsity of that supposition. 67
Brent, and its benefits in the Lake. 70
Its Deposition of Sand in the Lake, bow great it is. 78, 79
Bridges over Rivers, and how they are to be made. Appendix VIII. 20
Burana River, its rising, and falling in Panaro. 110
C
Castelli applyed himself to this Study by Order of Urban VIII. 2
Chanel of Navigation in the Valleys of Bologna, and its inconveniences. 99
Carried into the Po of Ferrara, and its benefits ibid.
Ciampoli alover of these Observations of Waters. 3
D
Difficulty of this business of Measuring Waters. 2
Disorders that happen in the distribution of the Waters of Aqueducts, and their remedies. 113
Distribution of the Waters of Fountains, and Aqueducts. Appendix X. 22
Distribution of Water to over-flow Grounds. Appendix XI. 23, 69, 70
Diversion of Reno and other Brooks of Romagna, advised by P. Spernazzati to what end it was. 100
Drains and Ditches, the benefit they receive by cutting away the Weeds and Reeds. Appendix IX. 21
Drains and Sewers obstructed, in the Diversion of Reno into Main Po, and a remedy for the same. 110
E
Engineers unvers'd in the matters of Waters. 2
Erour found in the common way of Measuring Running Waters. 68, 69
Errour in deriving the Water of Acqua Paola. Appendix II. 17, 18

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