The Ten Books on Architecture, 10.7.5

Vitruvius  translated by Joseph Gwilt

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5From these inventions I have selected those which are most pleasing and necessary, and described them in my treatise on dialling: in this place I confine myself to those which act by the impulse of water. The others, which are more for pleasure than utility, may be seen by the curious in the writings of Ctesibius.

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