The Architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio : in Ten Books
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The machines for draft perforin much greater and more important operations, in their application to different pur- poses, and, when skilfully managed, are of great utility.
Of these some act mechanically, others organically. The difference between machines and organs is this, that the 297 former are composed of many subordinate parts, or pro- pelled by a great power, as balistae for instance, and wine-presses ; whereas, the latter, by an ingenious ap- plication of the moving power, can be set i...n motion by a single person, as in turning the axis of the scorpion or anisocycli. Thus organs, as well as machines, are extremely useful and necessary, inasmuch as, without them, no works could be carried into execution. The laws of mechanics are founded on those of nature, and are illustrated by studying the master-movements of the universe itself. For if we consider the sun, moon and the five planets, we shall perceive, that if they were not duly poised in their orbits, we should neither have light on the earth, nor heat to mature its fruits.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The machines for draft perforin much greater and more important operations, in their application to different pur- poses, and, when skilfully managed, are of great utility.
Of these some act mechanically, others organically. The difference between machines and organs is this, that the 297 former are composed of many subordinate parts, or pro- pelled by a great power, as balistae for instance, and wine-presses ; whereas, the latter, by an ingenious ap- plication of the moving power, can be set i...n motion by a single person, as in turning the axis of the scorpion or anisocycli. Thus organs, as well as machines, are extremely useful and necessary, inasmuch as, without them, no works could be carried into execution. The laws of mechanics are founded on those of nature, and are illustrated by studying the master-movements of the universe itself. For if we consider the sun, moon and the five planets, we shall perceive, that if they were not duly poised in their orbits, we should neither have light on the earth, nor heat to mature its fruits.
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