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Excerpt from Architectura Curiosa Nova: Exponens 1. Fundamenta Hydragogica, Indolemq; Aquæ, Aëris Interventu in Altum Levandæ; 2. Varios Aquarum Ac Salientium Fontium Lusus per Varia Spectatu Jucunda Epistomiorum Seu Siphonum Genera
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