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Theory of the circulation of the waters.
Very large rivers flow under ground.
Taken from
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.
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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.
The tide in estuaries.
confluence.
Whirlpools.
On the alterations in the channels of rivers.
The origin of the sand in rivers.
The formation of mountains.
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