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Vitruvius, De Architectura 9.8.4

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Ergo Ctesibius cum animadvertisset ex tractu caeli et expressionibus spiritus sonitus vocesque nasci, his principiis usus hydraulicas machinas primus instituit. item aquarum expressiones automatopoetasque machinas multaque deliciarum genera, in his etiam horologiorum ex aqua comparationes explicuit. primumque constituit cavum ex auro perfectum aut ex gemma terebrata; ea enim nec teruntur percussu aquae nec sordes recipiunt, ut obturentur.

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