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On the formation of Gulfs.
All inland seas and the gulfs of those seas, are made by rivers
which flow into the sea.
Taken from
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.
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The arrangement of Book I.
Definitions.
Of the surface of the water in relation to the globe.
Of the proportion of the mass of water to that of the earth.
The theory of Plato.
That the flow of rivers proves the slope of the land.
Theory of the elevation of water within the mountains.
The relative height of the surface of the sea to that of the land.
Refutation of Pliny’s theory as to the saltness of the sea.
The characteristics of sea water.
On the formation of Gulfs.
On the encroachments of the sea on the land and vice versa.
The ebb and flow of the tide.
Theory of the circulation of the waters.
Observations in support of the hypothesis.
On the way in which the sources of rivers are fed.
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