# On Architecture 9.8.2

Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture, urn:cts:latinLit:phi1056.phi001.perseus-lat2, Book 9, Chapter 8. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/vitruvius-pollio/on-architecture/9.8.2

Item sunt ex aqua conquisitae ab eisdem scriptoribus horologiorum rationes, primumque a Ctesibio Alexandrino, qui et vim spiritus naturalis pneumaticasque res invenit. sed uti fuerint ea exquisita, dignum studiosis agnoscere. Ctesibius enim fuerat Alexandriae natus patre tonsore. is ingenio et industria magna praeter reliquos excellens dictus est artificiosis rebus se delectare. namque cum voluisset in taberna sui patris speculum ita pendere, ut, cum duceretur susumque reduceretur, linea latens pondus deduceret, ita conlocavit machinationem.

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Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture, ed. Fritz Krohn. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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