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OF SPRINGS OF WATER ON THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS.
The summits of mountains for a
long time rise constantly. Itfollowed the rest of its bank as far as where
Serravalle now stands.
Itfollowed the rest of its bank as far as where
Serravalle now stands. It is evident that itis here a slip of the pen since the
the words in the MS.
Book 9, of the meeting of rivers and of their ebb and
flow. Several passages in various manuscripts treat of the ebb and flow. In the
Adriatic the tide rises 2 and 1/2 feet, atTerracina 1 1/4.
Leonardo here uses
the ancient names of the rocks, whichwere known as the Pillars of Hercules.
Mountains are destroyed by the currents of rivers. Itfollowed the rest of its
bank as far as where Serravalle now stands. On the way in which the sources of
rivers are fed.
A sea of water is incessantly being drawn off fromthe surface
of the sea. Theory of the elevation of water within the mountains.
Ideo et
marinae, quarum natura gravior, magis invectasustinent. The relative height of
the surface of the sea to that of the land(942-945).
PROVES HOW THE EARTH IS
NOT GLOBULAR AND NOT BEING GLOBULAR CANNOTHAVE A COMMON CENTRE. The waters of
the salt sea are fresh at the greatest depths.
after line 16 wecome upon a
digression treating of the weight of water; this hashere been omitted.
In an
equal period, the valleys sink much more than the mountainsrise.
Theory of the
circulation of the waters (961.
Quaedam vero et dulces inter se supermeant
alias.
IN CONFIRMATION OF WHY THE WATER GOES TO THE TOPS OF MOUNTAINS.
A, from
which these passages are taken, was written about twentyyears earlier than the
MS. Book 9 of the meeting of rivers and their flow and ebb.
That the Northern
bases of some Alps are not yet petrified.
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