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Name currently used to indicate any levelling instrument that makes use of a tube filled with water. Translation of the Latin libra aquaria.
Description
Instrument of ancient origin for levelling canals and water conduits. Vitruvius mentions it in Book VIII of De architectura as libra aquaria.
Bibliographical Resources
Vitruvio (Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus), De Architectura, a cura di Pierre Gros, Einaudi, Torino, 1997, 2 voll., Lib. VIII, cap. V (vol. II, p. 1137).
Images
Libro Mordente.jpg
Giacomo Contarini,Figure d'Istromenti Matematici, ms, ca. 1590, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ms. Canon. Ital. 145, c. 37. |
Author of the entry: Filippo Camerota
