[...]="lsts lst2">◦properties (or potentials ='lgc'>[="nms">ajayeb style='qstn'>?='lgc'>]) cannot be ="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listed

X as ="trms">agent ="trms">presents us, as shadow shows...

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winds
روح ruh, spirit ='lgc'>=/= wind='lgc'>: thermal expansion of air ='lgc'>~ air’s tendency to rarefy and expand under the influence of heat
(recognition of) thermal expansion of air ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> motor of global atmospheric circulation

explaining winds ='lgc'>--Borrelli='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="lsts lst1">•how rational thought could grasp
="lsts lst1">•how divine power descended to earth

="large lg2" stl="font-size:111%"> pneumatic machines
gears, weights, levers, pulleys

='strcls'>****pre="trms">modern ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomena
='lgc'>--more='lgc'>='lgc'>--> exploring and classifying ='strcls'>*varieties='strcls'>* of things ='lgc'>=/=
='lgc'>--less='lgc'>='lgc'>--> common ='strcls'>*causes='strcls'>* of things

varieties ='lgc'>=/= causes


cause ='lgc'>='lgc'>==>='qstn'>? highly complex ="trms">phenomena
  |           |  
='lgc'>[-O-='lgc'>] ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ='lgc'>{t|/='qstn'>?='at'>#$^='prcnt'>%V!='lgc'>='lgc'>~)&^='lgc'>} ='lgc'><='lgc'>-- pre="trms">modern ="trms">science and art today stays here (='lgc'>-='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='gtrw'>go to ="ppl">="ppl">Stewart’s attunement to ="trms">phenomena)


='lgc'>[='strcls'>*='lgc'>]navigation='lgc'>: negotiation between the direction one ‘witches’ to ="trms">travel ='and'>& the direction that is ‘possible’ to ="trms">travel ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> wind sense='lgc'>:
temperature
humidity
intensity
regularity
smell
knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge of astronomy ='lgc'>+ geography


wind rose ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (connection between='lgc'>:) celestial ='lgc'>+ astronomical order ='lgc'>+ terrestrial variety (of land ='lgc'>+ living creature)

estimate the speed of the ship
throw a log with a rope attached to it o="trms">verboard, and ="trms">measure how much rope went o="trms">verboard within a given period of time

="large lg1" stl="font-size:121%"> Pliny the Elder ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">historia ="trms">naturalis

Seneca ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">naturales quaestiones
air has a ="trms">natural power of moving itself ='lgc'>[='lgc'>='lgc'>==> ="trms">agency باد='lgc'>]
='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>== Seneca’s stoic ="trms">worldview='lgc'>: conceived the cosmic principle of all life and movement (pneuma) as a subtle substance ="trms">pervading everything and giving rise, among other things, to all weather ="trms">phenomena
air='lgc'> = expression of pneuma (alive ='and'>& live-giving)
all weather='lgc'> = manifestations as transmutations of air
(late medieval encyclopedia ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) ='strcls'>*weather='lgc'> = a kind of alchemy of air='strcls'>*
(late medieval wind diagrams ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->) wind='lgc'>: cosmic divine powers blowing from the celestial sphere ="trms">onto earth

="ppl">Aristotle ='lgc'>+ Albertus Magnus ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> explanation of the ="trms">nature and o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin of winds in Renaissance meteorological works
air and were then dragged along by the circular movement of the celestial spheres so that they ended up moving horizontally

hot and dry exhalations

aeolipila='lgc'>: a hollow ="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metal sphere (shaped like the face of Aeolus) with a single tiny hole in it

air possessed a force (“vis”) that heat could awaken

16th century ='lgc'>--increase='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">interest in ="trms">systematic explanation of meteorological ="trms">phenomena

='at'>#workshop on wind ="trms">poetry
epic battle, ="trms">systems moving air, ="trms">agency,

feature of Renaissance thought ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='thdf'>the idea of ='strcls'>*a middle instance (neither fully corporal nor fully incorporeal) ="trms">intervening between ="trms">matter and soul='strcls'>* ='lgc'>[='lgc'>+ fire as ="trms">intermediator='lgc'>] ='lgc'>~ spiritus, pneum, quintessence ='lgc'>~ fire or air

...in schematic abstract structure of body-spirit-soul, spirit is somewhere in between

spirit='lgc'>: air-like substance
air='lgc'>: preferred vehicle of spirit (conveyed the breath if life ='lgc'>+ ='strcls'>*used by demonic spirits as a means to produce ="trms">material effects='strcls'>*)

='strcls'>*spirit='lgc'>: celestial o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigin to the “innate heat” (calidum innatum) of living creatures

effects of solar heat on air ='lgc'>: act of vitalization

pneuma of the stoics ='lgc'>+ astral body of Neoplatonic philosophy ='lgc'>+ medical spirits of Galenic medicine ='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>==>
="lsts lst1">•Renaissance
="lsts lst1">•(christian notion of) Holy Ghost
="lsts lst1">•='thdf'>the idea of close connection between wind and divine power (in Bible)

(in alchemical view) spirits were somehow connected ti air ='lgc'><='lgc'>== quintessences were often separated from raw substances in the form of vapours


="nms">="nms">ajayebnameh ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ="trms">natural magic
='strcls'>*kinds of ="trms">natural motions='strcls'>*
="lstsrd">1. avoidance of avacum='lgc'>: from the form of a portion of air, when it does not want to be either expanded further or separated (from other ="trms">matter). ="trms">horror vacui ='lgc'>--kinetic='lgc'>='lgc'>--> motion was regarded as due to a property of a ="trms">specific part of the machine
="lstsrd">2. resistance to ="trms">excessive compression='lgc'>: the form of basic ="trms">matter should not become less that what is ="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">right for it
="lstsrd">3. the tendency of heavy things to descend and of light things to rise

air='lgc'> = vital spirit that joins things together, resounding spirit if the ="trms">world ="trms">instrument

Paraceksian theory of aerial niter
(an active principle) aerial version of earthly gunpowder - ="trms">responsible for life, combustion, thunder, lightning, (some) illnesses
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> connecting the activity of air ='lgc'>+ life ='lgc'>+ weather ="trms">phenomena

wind='lgc'>: (='strcls'>***in its irreducible qualitative variety='strcls'>***) expression of cosmic spirit ='lgc'>+ محرک باعث a motive force to be accurately estimated

منجنیق ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ="trms">geometry هندسه ='strcls'>*pneumatic engineering='strcls'>* ='lgc'>: distinction between moving and moved components ='lgc'>==evoke='lgc'>='lgc'>==> motive forces
elaborated pneumatic machines
mechanical clocks
tension of strings

='strcls'>*wind ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> celestial influences='strcls'>*
(Cardano regarded) expansion and contraction of air as ="trms">symmetrical ="trms">phenomena, both consisting a source of motive forces
="prgrph">-in the universe the element air had the function of receiving and conveying fiery celestial influences on earth providing health and wellbeing fir living creatures

Telesion (1509-1588)
soul and spirit identified with each other as a very subtle ="trms">material substance ="trms">pervading all bodies and making them capable of sensing and reacting to rach other with pleasure or pain
='strcls'>*(man’s) immortal soul did not play any role in determining ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomena='strcls'>*

innate heat of living bodies

wind='lgc'>: humid vapours flowing through the air
thinness of wind vapours


16th century
expiration and inspiration of the lungs
Holy Spirit is expressed in the ="trms">nature of winds
="trms">interest in wind and weather was kindled by reports reaching Europe from the East and West Indies about hitherto unknown meteorological ="trms">phenomena عجایب


orderly ma="trms">jesty of God ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> encyclopedism about the universe ='lgc'>+ an analogue of a ="trms">memory ="trms">system

Jean Bodin
firm believer in and opponent of demonic magic
theater of the whole ="trms">nature universe ="trms">naturae theatrum
reason of wind (ratio ventorum)='lgc'>:
="lsts lst1">•sun
="lsts lst1">•impulse (impulsus) of the angels or demons


sphere of sacrobosco
De sphaera mundi
(On the Sphere of the ="trms">World, pre-Copernican astronomy)


...our sublunar ="trms">world

gunpowder theory of thunder ⛈
compact earthly ="trms">matter from underground whose expansion with expansion so fast that it moves large masses of air, like “salniter in fire or gunpowder which has caught fire”


="large lg3" stl="font-size:112%"> visualization
making air visible
inverted glass experiment
linking thermal expansion ='and'>& contraction of pure air to wind formation (Cardano)

(under the influence of) celestial fire ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> air (could become alive and active) acquiring motive force

on the transmutations of air

(typical of 16th century) steering the ="trms">religious significance of the study of ="trms">nature
spirit='lgc'>: a cosmic subtle substance, both recipient ='lgc'>+ vehicle of celestial influences ='lgc'>==allow='lgc'>='lgc'>==> elements to transmute into each other (='lgc'>+ meteorological ="trms">phenomena)
(Drebbel’s favourite cosmic spirit='lgc'>:) fire='lgc'> = clearest of all elements ad top of the hierarchical order of elements (fire, air, water, earth), clarifying the other elements ='lgc'>[such as Siavash='lgc'>]

="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> (for Della Porta='lgc'>:) meteorological ="trms">phenomena='lgc'> = transmutations of the air (in ="trms">literal sense)
air becoming thinner or ="trms">thicker ='lgc'>==rise='lgc'>='lgc'>==> winds, thunder, clouds, rain, snow, linking heaven ='lgc'>+ earth ='lgc'>+ bringing life to all animated creatures

(Della Porta conceived of) wind in vita="trms"nttrm="listen,alist,ilist,llist,olist,ylist,ulist">listic terms
...winds rising up from the mouth of the retort (boiling water)
how heat endowed air with motive force


(Drebbel ="trms">presenting to the public) perpetuum mobile ='lgc'>: expansion and contraction of air (which he claimed) de="trms">monstrated the force behind all movement and life

weatherglass (='lgc'>+ aeolipila) ='lgc'>--de="trms">monstrated='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ='strcls'>****highly nontrivial ="trms">natural ="trms">phenomena='strcls'>**** (transformation of energy from heat into mechanical motion)

="large lg5" stl="font-size:130%"> (="nms">ajayeb’s) theory about the o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">rigins of the wind

Galileo ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> earth's rotation ='lgc'>='lgc'>==> (='lgc'><='lgc'>--evidence='lgc'>--) wind
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