The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

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The water may be dammed up above the level of Romorantin to such a
height, that in its fall it may be used for numerous mills.

The river at Villefranche may be conducted to Romorantin which may
be done by the inhabitants; and the timber of which their houses are
built may be carried in boats to Romorantin [Footnote: Compare No.
744.]. The river may be dammed up at such a height that the waters
may be brought back to Romorantin with a convenient fall.

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