The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete, Volume 2

by da Vinci Leonardo

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Contents

  1. XI
  2. Introduction
  3. Book 15 of matters worn away by water
  4. The Order of the Book
  5. The Beginning of the Treatise on Water
  6. The Order of the First Book on Water
  7. The Beginning of the Book on Water
  8. Of the Centre of the Ocean
  9. Of the Sea Which Changes the Weight of the Earth
  10. Whether the Earth Is Less Than the Water
  11. Of the Earth
  12. The Figures of the Elements
  13. Proves How the Earth Is Not Globular and Not Being Globular Cannot Have a Common Centre
  14. Of the Heat That Is in the World
  15. Of the Sea, Which to Many Fools Appears to Be Higher Than the Earth Which Forms Its Shore
  16. Of Certain Persons Who Say the Waters Were Higher Than the Dry Land
  17. The Opinion of Some Persons Who Say That the Water of Some Seas Is Higher Than the Highest Summits of Mountains; And Nevertheless the Water Was Forced Up to These Summits
  18. Why Water Is Salt
  19. That the Ocean Does Not Penetrate Under the Earth
  20. Fresh Water Penetrates More Against Salt Water Than Salt Water Against Fresh Water
  21. Of Waves
  22. Of the Flow and Ebb
  23. Subterranean Water Courses
  24. Whether Water Rises from the Sea to the Tops of Mountains
  25. Of Springs of Water on the Tops of Mountains
  26. In Confirmation of Why the Water Goes to the Tops of Mountains
  27. Of the Origin of Rivers
  28. Book 9, of the meeting of rivers and of their ebb and flow. The cause is the same in the sea, where it is caused by the straits of Gibraltar; and again it is caused by whirlpools
  29. Of the Movement of a Sudden Rush Made by a River in Its Bed Previously Dry
  30. Of the Vibration of the Earth
  31. On Mountains
  32. Of the Sea Which Encircles the Earth
  33. Geological Problems
  34. A Doubtful Point
  35. Of the Deluge and of Marine Shells
  36. A Confutation of Those Who Say That Shells May Have Been Carried to a Distance of Many Days' Journey from the Sea by the Deluge, Which Was So High as to Be Above Those Heights
  37. On the Atmosphere
  38. Of Motion
  39. XVII
  40. Canal of Florence
  41. Of the Canal of Martesana
  42. Canal
  43. The Bath
  44. Of the Force of the Vacuum Formed in a Moment
  45. Lake of Como. Valley of Chiavenna
  46. Valley of Introzzo
  47. Bellaggio
  48. Valtellina
  49. In Val Sasina
  50. Of Painting
  51. Spain
  52. The Road to Orleans
  53. Why the Sea Makes a Stronger Current in the Straits of Spain Than Elsewhere
  54. Why the Current of Gibraltar Is Always Greater to the West Than to the East
  55. The Levant
  56. Small Boats
  57. Site for [a Temple of] Venus
  58. Why Water Is Found at the Top of Mountains
  59. XVIII
  60. On Movements;—To Know How Much a Ship Advances in an Hour
  61. A Method of Escaping in a Tempest and Shipwreck at Sea
  62. To Escape the Peril of Destruction
  63. Greek Fire
  64. XIX
  65. A Prayer
  66. Of Mechanics
  67. **** Text Beyond This Point Still Needs Some Cleanup ****
  68. Morals
  69. A Simile for Patience
  70. Polemics.—Speculation
  71. Of Spirits
  72. As to Whether a Spirit Has a Body Amid the Elements
  73. As to Whether the Spirit, Having Taken This Body of Air, Can Move of Itself or Not
  74. As to Whether the Spirit Can Speak or Not
  75. Example of the Lightning in Clouds
  76. XX
  77. The Love of Virtue
  78. Peace
  79. Rage
  80. Gratitude
  81. Ingratitude
  82. Generosity
  83. Folly
  84. Justice
  85. Fidelity, or Loyalty
  86. Falsehood
  87. Lies
  88. Vain Glory
  89. Continence
  90. Incontinence
  91. Humility
  92. Pride
  93. The Eagle
  94. Lumerpa,—Fame
  95. The Pelican
  96. The Cameleon
  97. The Oyster.—For Treachery
  98. The Crocodile. Hypocrisy
  99. The Toad
  100. The Caterpillar.—For Virtue in General
  101. The Spider
  102. The Lion
  103. The Elephant
  104. The Dragon
  105. The Serpent
  106. The Boa(?)
  107. The Macli.—Caught When Asleep
  108. The Bison Which Does Injury in Its Flight
  109. The Lioness
  110. The Lion
  111. The Panther in Africa
  112. Camels
  113. The Tiger
  114. Catoblepas
  115. The Basilisk
  116. The Cerastes
  117. The Asp
  118. The Ichneumon
  119. The Crocodile
  120. The Dolphin
  121. The Hippopotamus
  122. Of Foresight
  123. A Fable
  124. A Fable
  125. A Fable
  126. A Fable
  127. A Fable
  128. A Fable
  129. A Fable
  130. A Fable
  131. A Fable
  132. A Fable
  133. A Fable
  134. A Fable
  135. A Fable
  136. A Jest
  137. A Jest
  138. A Jest
  139. A Jest
  140. A Jest
  141. The Division of the Prophecies
  142. Prophecies
  143. The Same
  144. A Simile
  145. A Common Thing
  146. Why Dogs Take Pleasure in Smelling at Each Other
  147. Tricks of Dividing
  148. Tricks of Dividing
  149. XXI
  150. To the Devatdar of Syria, Lieutenant of the Sacred Sultan of Babylon
  151. Of the Structure and Size of Mount Taurus
  152. Book 43. Of the Movement of Air Enclosed in Water
  153. XXII
  154. Names of Engineers
  155. Of the Instrument
  156. W.P.7.]
  157. W.X.]
  158. Memorardum
  159. Book from Maestro small box,— Paolo Infermieri,—
  160. Book on Arithmetic [Footnote 1: "La nobel opera de arithmethica ne la qual se tracta tute cosse amercantia pertinente facta & compilata per Piero borgi da Veniesia", in-40. In fine: "Nela inclita cita
  161. Cornelius Celsus
  162. W. XXIII.]
  163. Section title: Notes on books and authors * There are characters present in the original footnotes that have accents - I have placed an asterisk next to them

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