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OCR: The subject of this page is the meeting of two rivers, one large and the other smaller. Leonardo makes some intricate visual analyses of the deposits and wave patterns that result from their confluence. A He mentions Mensola and the Arno, and from this we can infer that he recorded his thoughts while he was actively working on a grand canalization project. His first conclusion concerns mud and sand: "When a lesser river flows into a greater river, the lesser river dams up its own waters, which, as they slow down, receive large quantities of