Filippo Brunelleschi Quotes
We must not show to all and sundry the secrets of the waters flowing in ocean and river, or the devices that work on these waters. Let there be convened a council of experts and masters in mechanical art to deliberate what is needed to compose and construct these works.
Prager, Frank D., and Gustina Scaglia. Brunelleschi: Studies of His Technology and Inventions. MIT Press, 1970, pp. 129-130.
There are many American communities where this is the case. However there are others where there is not enough water (especially in drought conditions) for the large agricultural use and a growing population. In Denver, they have enough water, but not a sufficient infrastructure to distribute the water to all.
The nest year California Governor Jerry Brown imposed a form of water rationing.
First Mormon Cabinet Member. The water problem did not come upon us suddenly.
At that time, about 10 percent of all the nations water supply was wasted as a result of leaking and burst pipes. See {633175}.
Ethiopia was constructing on the Blue Nile, the biggest hydroelectric dam in Africa,. The water supply to Egypt is possibly likely to be somewhat reduced. Since Egypt’s 85 million people get 97 percent of their fresh water from the Nile, this has become a major issue in Egypt. Of course when Egypt constructed the Aswan Dam they, they were not concerned by any environmental effects it might have on other nations,
Filippo Brunelleschi, considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture, was an Italian architect, designer and sculptor, and is now recognized to be the first modern engineer, planner, and sole construction supervisor. He is most famous for designing the dome of the Florence Cathedral, a feat of engineering that had not been accomplished since antiquity, as well as the development of the mathematical technique of linear perspective in art which governed pictorial depictions of space until the late 19th century and influenced the rise of modern science. His accomplishments also include other architectural works, sculpture, mathematics, engineering, and ship design. His principal surviving works can be found in Florence, Italy.
