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OCR: and separated one from another, amid the mud, and not in regular rows in layers as we see them in our own times." B The only part of Leonardo's discussion that may confuse us today is his reference to the rising of the hemisphere when water drained out of the Mediterranean through the Strait of Gibraltar. According to the scheme of the cosmos of Leonardo's time, the elements each sought their own level. Lighter, less dense material sought a higher level than denser, heavier materials. This principle applied to