On the Motion and Measurement of Water

...anything, except for the spelling. At times the phrasing is not the clearest, and the turns of phrase are not the most proper or exact, as you, Sir Knight Likely referring to the physicist Giambattista Venturi, mentioned on the previous page, who held the title of Knight of the Iron Crown., will recognize; but attribute this to the usual writing style of Leonardo original: "Lionardo", who devoted all his care to the subject matter he was treating, neglecting the style.

Regarding the imperfections that you, Lord Count, will find in this printing, I will say only that I trust I shall find kind indulgence not only in your own soul, but in the hearts of all those who know how great a difficulty it is to commit to the press, without error, works transmitted from copyistA person who manually transcribed manuscripts before the age of digital scanning; errors often "mutated" or accumulated as each new scribe copied the work of the previous one. to copyist. With this confidence, I remain, full of esteem and consideration,