The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 by Leonardo da Vinci
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sea or a large river in order that the dirt of the city may be
carried off by the water. 743. The construction of the stairs: The stairs _c d_ go down to _f g_, and in the same way _f g_ goes down to _h k_. 744. ON MOVING HOUSES. Let the houses be moved and arranged in order; and this will be done with facility because such houses are at first made in pieces on the open places, and can then be fitted together with their timbers in the site where they are to be permanent. [9] Let the men of the country [or the village] partly inhabit the new houses when the court is absent [12]. [Footnote: On the same page we find notes referring to Romolontino and Villafranca with a sketch-map of the course of the "Sodro" and the "(Lo)cra" (both are given in the text farther on). There can hardly be a doubt that the last sentence of the passage given above, refers to the court of Francis I. King of France.--L.9-13 are written inside the larger sketch, which, in the original, is on the right hand side of the page by the side of lines 1-8. The three smaller sketches are below. J. P. R.] _II. Plans for canals and streets in a town. |
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