An Account of a BookRaphaelis Fabretti Urbinatis de Aquis et Aquaeductibus veteris Romae Dissertationes tres inQuarto Romae, 1680 by Raphaelis FabrettiPhilosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 14 (1684), pp. 466-468Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/102028 .

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RAPSIAELIS FABREIII 7yrbirtatis de Aqtlps Gr /- qtleduSibe veterzs Wolnx Difertationes tres i7z Quarto Ro7n) 1 680.

I rl IIc firk DircourSe of tlle nolule and ingellious Fabretti I re-X;reSellts tlle Arc alld Grandure of tlle Aqvauazzs

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Z Tlle Second I)iSertation, w]licll-treats of ft«lz Mrsia vallcl Cl48rli4} is op)ortullely pretac X Witll tlle mcafi-re of tlle olJ F ODS{J} [ btit wllich tilia tearlled Italiall affierts to lze the (>fX itoliS.zrsX tilat tJ l'tr./H }?rcxcur d moic tlla tl an hllLldred years tlllce, t() be exreft oll a marlule Wa1)1e ill tlle CaE>itol, tog,- vllcr Wltll tllt Rozzars PaEza of llilli irlcll( , alltl t]ltz Clans4 -lr_ t4Wte0^,iv of ten Paltns, alltl tllt Zv(-aerCp<44 or lt(>lof t(211 fot. Ollr AXtll(r *^>rllparillg r11c two lat to.etllel , f)llz(l tlle itkl_ ae rn or z;rcl*}Wrerot (ffitiC Pv-zla27 r.c^) Inlke rsesar 9 1- IllClles of tlle ittlC/"tJt

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4&7] Wherefore this C4pitol Foot ought to be pttfieri lxnt tllc rude Draughts on tlle Monuments of the ancsnt idrsbt8.¢, M. co£R6#;lztss T. Stattlizfis and ( n. ColJxti{; which laR is taken for the ser.7 Roman Foot by the honor of ourNatibIl- Dr. yohn (;rea>ste¢. Yer th is; as well as the Statilian, falls Ihort of the Cajeitol-Froor ly ne al s part of an inch, whereas the cAbgtian is about as much too large Moreolrer the VillJlranzliese Molzle argued loolely alld illsrerlly froul tlle Corltent oft the Ye2aNm. C:,^XXizr.sJ excceds by 5 of aal Illcll the Capitolinc or :fre Roman Foor: ior to thiFs do precifely agree, iE;zys our wife and experi- enced Autllor, tlle tlumerous l'attcrns and llelnains cst an- cict ArchiteCture, thatare daily (lllg up aboul: the City. Soon after he grYcS a lullltic Example of tlle Caf it/1ne ]+'oorZ tclllng us tt {utes exaBtly wltll rlle 73. of t}oSe cxxxr ipaces illtO wtiich >'t2alt aHcl7tX etivitles his Semicirsxlar InyZr6Xe1ent iD 3, 6. (Jsmwent n Ezech. Laftly, the Scscjt wllich WiccioSs offcrs us fol Rfimax in lliS Al7tagtJt. p y8 furpaffieth the C4, itoZire by a full Digit, or s ot tlle whole: and his otller lneafure Gec- g}'Ap/J. KEf;)r7n- g. 34ww hy ,s part. But to return to owr Aqua dud) 11igllly extoll d ly; litoy, Fltatn^s/.1> ,rridn) }'rorsttriS. alld ia

thisClatllcof J2roierti?as) CAiLlernlfmg/J4rsiMeZJMrnoropas. This 7g- ter taking its name fieorn King XnrbsS atld as cleMervedlY from P;+bllus and tlxnttws) in tllc Jdlne Alfircian lisamily ol #tTABFGY uffi@p jX!wX S.'}^¢SsV EV 1'@MX #S ,4247ti>TiS^, &6. arifetll 1lot t;^om tlwe l.acus F- f inus (-wllellce s lizzy alld .S'tatius w(uld tetcl} it) btlt irl tlle croJ$. path between tlle via valcrJa atld stu6latH) tw(:) mil fhol t ot ( zergltws alld C>'urtitt.f) t.le lSoultains -of qa (tA4utllGs bllt obServes tlle r; l Lesrel Wltll the 6.1;Mbli8 becauSe it detcends morc: preci1Xitate from tlK ()rir,illc. Yet witllin y miles c)t ome tll(: qffakltlrciztrur;s 20I(otlowertllan thc Aq fl{zzzlia. lSut at 7 mi/( s diAtalzvc trolll XtJ}2, > antl at a tnile alld aIl llall {-rom tlle midway to kA; ;8>) as kabretxi after > vrstiSuS exadly mcafur d, tlle M1t11ffit1 f24tzt is lsorll l,rifez/ allul m^>lulJ) by fallitlg illtO, and foc)n atter riE1ng Ut} fronz a lOIlg6quLlIC Fitsina or Cz.iXte^n;, 6} 1-o(t dec, tll;lelc csf lylint, at1tl c(vcrXd srirll a N2!- >ortt, by >ldv1 ()t Jllriv tl-le £Arnperor. Now tlle latter uSe of t11e1e 9G'>,'.'iS or CEJAC/rn; ) til lr filflXamillate the Cut rcllt (f thz A-

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C468J g. The third tilTertation colcerning Aq4tluGs, the beft

,rgument, by tlle confefiioxs (< Dgowsyf:Js, .vtrot60 Plini and o- tllelc, of the A1aglli6cence c)f Rome, retearqTles tllat of tllc {;vllrtcsell wfle@;eWS(Lls \vllicll Psfet9X)itls h)un(l attlle city ill 11lS tiinz>, tC'{l 21^t ?1OW qllitC lc)1t; ¢1lld t*1le otllcMr rour) LlMllC'ty zlst.; 6't-t4l*Xt O1 l)snsxcztel, Ir,[}Wa,/) ,Ze.warazSri,, alld l'XXo IMElCil zorruptct3. Flqlle {.lft lo llitlCIl tilm'({ LiLl Alltiquity, aritillb Ilcslr Ki>!Z{C [Ic7CzsZantles, is eicrixtd lilito l2(>tta Elaaniz,la attllc letlgtll c)f LX1II 3(;rcs or gCo24. A)6)rnan Ptxces. lgor to tlle 'S7'JS of l(tnd, alld 1lor ( as t6e 11lconllarablc ss<>lJtealgs coll- tetlds) from tlle til.slLd JflvtiarilJm, t1Re collduds of lF4ys alld ^+{{t>s .wre precilcly tel t e citililateel. Uson tilis occafiotI sSitlfiOl lfabrtti illgClliOUtIy acknc)Mzletiges) agaitilt t e lt- oribitalicc of f. I.l 0tls alld otilcrs, tllat tlle cOllapaps of Ko^zyc (am9;t6Xs Urbs4) ly its Alicicilt o2oris, Ihoulelle l'cdUC't in Pli ntes nuIlrcl s frc)lll X II l. by all tafic cililtzge ullto V1 II Il/lzles ; tO sICCOrd tO tiltb tllC lBAgllittltiC Ot flti)6t§, whicll iS tllc A(lertioll of KstaxO as a11o to tlle lilnits of ])ionyjN,, Witll- ill t1wc ritlt, of tlc EJil/t, tllc 1;,mZtA, tllc Xi8e ) (111d tllc zl(>rgr,>e, \et (/<b>sn am;)h.N+lX,) leme tal!Rcn witll all its tStchHrbs, accordillg to tlle fll-ne 9li"9/ antS to tluis l);,'l(etator, made a uridc Circuit of 1 XX. fll . '{ llis ill brief from tilc tlorv c Le. rllttl Vilv-otlleIcs of t;igllior l'hael l abrttt;.

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