Résumé :
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This work of Da Vinci summarized in this book for the first time, forms the bedrock of hydrological science. The book is divided into 7 chapters comprising: (1) Introduction (Leonardo Da Vinci and hydrology before and after Leonardo); (2) Leonardo's treatise on water (Leonardo and the science of water, Leonardo's unfinished treatise on water, and the conceptual foundations of Leonardo's treatise on water); (3) the atmosphere (structure, constituents and processes, meteorological phenomena, and measuring devises); (4) the physical structure of the earth (the earth as a support for the water cycle, the earth as a living body, the structure of the earth, water as a force eroding and shaping the earth's surface, the role of sedimentation in the building of landforms, Leonardo's concept of erosion and the forces shaping the earth's surface, erosion as a constant remodelling force of the earth's surface under the effect of tectonics); (5) the water cycle (the general framework for Leonardo's concept of the water cycle, Leonardo's key questions related to the water cycle, and Leonardo's concept of the water cycle); (6) the study of water in motion (Leonardo's motivation for studying moving waters, and training rivers or how to raise the economic value of rivers); and (7) Leonardo's legacy.
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