Ita quod detrahitur de corpore scapi, striarum numero adiecto adaugebitur ratione, quo minus videtur, et ita exaequabitur dispari ratione columnarum crassitudo.
Thus what is taken from the diameter of the shaft will be added by the extra number of the flutes, so as not be observed. In this way the varying diameter of the columns will be balanced.
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