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# Catalogue record: 13957 — Denis Papin an Leibniz
# Incipit: Comme Vous avez eu la bonté de me faire tenir les Lettres hydrostatiqu
# Date: 1695-07-28 (95-07-18)
# Sender: Papin — Addressee: Leibniz
# Akademie-Ausgabe: AA III,6 N. 152
# Other printings: -Gerland, Briefwechsel mit Papin, 1881, S.201-202 (teilw.). -Papin: Ouvrages 7 (1893) S.168-169.
# Record in the Leibniz-Katalog: https://leibniz-katalog.bbaw.de/de/extended-search?id=13957&katnr=29837
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# Title: LBr. 714 · Papin
# Folios: Bl. 16–17 (from the shelfmark LBr 714 Bl. 16-17): 8 pages, canvases 31–799, page ids DE-611-HS-861318:0031 to DE-611-HS-861318:0799
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De Sassell ce 18 Tuillet 1699.
Consieur
Comme Vout avez eu la bonté de me
faire tenir les lettres hydrostatiques de
Monsieur Gulielmina. Pay esseré que Vous
auriez Dien aussi celle de luy venvoier
ma responte: puisque Tous scavez les
moient dentrelenir correspondence et
communication avec tous les scuvants de
e Europe: Ainsi Monsiaurs Je preut la
libeeté de vout envoir dou exemplaires dun
e
petit ousrage que hay tout nouvellement
fait imprimes et ou lay insere mes pentées
Sur les lettres de s Gulielmins: et se Vour
supplie tre humblem? Monsieur de voulodr blen

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a vostre commodité sare tenir un de ces
exemplaires à Mont. Sieur Gulielmini.
et me faire honneur de garder cautre pour
Tous. Nous pourrez aussi, sil vous plaite Mons.
is voir vn extrait de la dispute touchant in
maniere d’estimer les forcet nouvantes. Se
l’ay fait le plus clair et le plus sinvere qu’il
ma este possible: et en cas que Vous trovoiet
que ase obmis quelque chose qui auroit
Supphie ericor on coup, Monsieur de vouloir
Dien en publier aussi on Vous mesmes: parce
que je croit fermement que la matiere est
tres importante. et qu’elle ne sçauroit estre
trop bien cclaircie: et, en cas que Je me-
Soit trompe, faimerois bien mieun voir
decouvrir mes erreurs que de les laisler passes
pour des verites che on grand nombrede
personnes moint clairvoiantes que Vous Au
reste, Monsleur, S. Tas manque enquelque
ehose à ce qui Vous est deut, Je Tous uxplie
destre persuade que ene las suit que

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par ignorance: et que Tauras toutjou
pour vostre merite toute lestime et, tou
 le respect dont Je suis cestable estant
deut ettre pudlié dans cet extraict. Jesuy d contieur,
Atretses humble
et ides obcat sere
te
aestet

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1C
ars nova ad aquam lenis ope
CC communicatio deber patere liber
do
rima cum cubo recurvo UIII cujus
Oriticium in antlia DD pariter apertum
est.
3. Victillum FF eA exlindeus ca
vus ex merallo ubique exacte clauso:
ne aqua ingrectiatur dictumque cxtin
drum nunis eravem efficiar: debet
enim hoc pistillum aquae libere innacare
ec Tursum repelli ab ipla aqua antliam
evocuatam subineranco. In hoc. pistillo
obterrandus occurrit trbus II. CujusTu
perius extremum apertum est; interius
vero clansum: per arem cxlindri per
a
Ctansit dictus cubus ipsusque fundo et
operculoram exacle adterruminari de
hec ut nullus aquae in crlindrum odicus
relinquatur. Flujus cubi ulus hic est:
pexoriticium L. incromicitur ferrum
candens _c in luperiori antlix parce lu
spentum manet, unde AE UC VaDOTES eX
recorta in ancliam irrumvences majo
rem adhuccalorem e vimoccursuterri
candlentis concipiane: tubus autem di
etum ferrum candens exeiue ne piltilli
acendentis motuma impedioe. Sicque
TerrUMM a COntaC
Dex

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MI
it
d
LL
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IIII
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et
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CX
de
i
d
ta
efficacissime elevanaam.
periiac: aqua enim usque ad oriticium
superius cubi II. non pertinsit. Oriti-
e e tacile
clancuntur temminis mecallicis accurate
elaboratis qua foraminibus imposita
ibi Rotim comprimuneur tortiter vi
Ponderum quae majora vel minora op
penduneur proue majorem vel mino-
rem prestionem obcinere incendimus
ruxca mechodum inferius exponendam
(3. derm. )
4. Ansuctori extremo cubi ITTTTL
annecticur tubus MM cujus maxima
arsin vase cylinorico Nrs includitur.
Cusus ralis altitudo debet esse trium
pedum, diamerer autem viginti erium
dlipitorum, ue unius pedis altitudo du
centas, tocum autem vas lexcentas
aqua libras capiat. (A. dem.) sc Ret ue
aqua duorum pedum alricudinem dc.
cupance, aertocius valis redtigatur in
certiam partem Sparii quodoceupareso
lec ac proinde gractum prectionis obti
nedc qui aquam ad alcicudinem 64 De
dum possie sustinere praerer Policamo
prectionem (5. dem. ) portquam vero
ducentas aquae Mbras expulerie, licque
Va

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ars nova ad aquam tenis ope
CC communicatio debet patere liber
ud
rima cum tubo recurro HIHH cujus
Orikicium in anelia DD pariter apertum
eAt.
3. Piltillum FF est cxlindrus ca
vus ex mecallo ubique exacte claulo.
ne aqua insrediatur dictumque crtin-
drum ninis sravem etticlat: deber
3
enimhoc piltillum aquae libere innatare
ec Cursum repelli ab ipta aqua antliam
an
evacuaram subintrante. In hoc pistiilo
obterrandus occurrit tubus rr. cujussu
Periusextremum apertum est; intorius
vero clautum: per arem cylindri per
eransic dictus cubus ipsiusque fundo dt
operculoram exacte adterruminari de
hec ut nullus equae in crlindrum adicus
relinquatur. Hlujus cmbiulus hic est:
perorificium L. intromilcitur terrum
candens sc in luperiori antlix parte lii
spentum manet, unde Ht ut vavores ex
recorta in ancliam irrumpentes majo
rem achuccalorem dc vim occurtuterri
candentis conciviane: tubus aurem di-
etum ferrum candens excipie ne pistile
ascendentis motum impediat. Sieque
terrura a contactu aquae frigidae tutum
DeE

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t
essicacissime elevandam.
Derlcat: aqua enim usque ad orificium
Cuperius tubi II. non pertinoic. Orit
cium L ut et cubus cc exacte d Facile
Clauduntur laminis mecallicis accurate
elaboratis quae foraminibus impositae
ibi Iatim comprimuneur tortiter vi
ponderum quae majora vel minora ap
penduntur prout majorem vel mino
rem prestionem obtinere intendimus
juxca methodum inferius exponendan
C3. dem.)
4. Angustori exrremo cubi FITTI)
anneelitur cubus MM cujue maxima
pors in vase crlindrico NN includitur.
FTums valis alcitudo debet esse trium
e
crum
Ep
dixitorum, ut unius pecis altieudo du-
centas, tocum aurem vas sexcentas
aquae libras capiot. (4. derri.) sic Ret ut
aqua duorum pedum alciendinem Oc
cupante, dertorius vatis recieatur in
certiam parcem spatii quodoccupareio
det ac proinde produm prectionis obri-
meac qui aquam ad alcitudinem 64 pe
dum postie Tultinere praeter Tolitam
Pressionem (5. dera. ) postquam vero
ducentas aqua libras expulerie, sicque