Igitur cum sol fuerit in capricorni, orbiculi ligula in maioris tympani parte ex capricorni cotidie singula puncta tangens, ad perpendiculum habens aquae currentis vehemens pondus, celeriter per orbiculi foramen id extrudit ad vas.
Therefore, when the sun is in Capricorn, the tongue in the lesser drum touches every day the several points in Capricorn on that part of the larger drum. The great weight of the running water being vertical, is quickly delivered through the perforation of the lesser drum into the vessel.
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