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Ita cum vectes extolluntur, ancones deducunt fundos modiolorum ad imum delphinique, qui sunt in verticulis inclusi, calantes in eos cymbala, aere implent spatia modiolorum, atque ancones extollentes fundos intra modiolos vehementi pulsus crebritate et obturantes foramina cymbalis superiora, aera, qui est ibi inclusus, pressionibus coactum in fistulas cogunt, per quas in pnigea concurrit et per eius cervices in arcam. motione vero vectium vehementiore spiritus frequens compressus epitoniorum aperturis influit et replet animae canales.
Vitruvius Pollio. On Architecture. F. Krohn. Lipsiae. B.G. Teubner. 1912.
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