Labels:text | screenshot | font OCR: On this page, Leonardo presents a paradox: his axiom concerning water flowing downhill is violated by the motion of water within the body of the earth. This break is excused through an analogy with the flow of blood through the body, a mechanism not fully understood in his time. Once the water resumes its natural course over the surface of the earth, however, the basic law resumes its effect: "When water gushes forth from a burst vein in the earth, it follows the law of other things which are heavier than air, and so always seeks the low places. That water will be swifter which descends by the more slanting
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