Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Pinted for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 227
rin that cafe, thole Branches of the Tree, whichface the Sun, will be diminilhed to that De-gree, as almoft to become invilible: And thelame thing will be found in holding out a Pike,or other long Pole, flraight between the Eye,and the Sun. Parallel Bodies, placed upright, and feen in aFog, will… … *By Leonardo da Vinci. *57 Bodies ken at adiilance, appear ill proporti-onal : this happens, becaufe the brighter partsfend their Images to the Eye, ftronger and morefeniible, than thofe emitted from the obfeurerparts i and I once obferved, in looking at aWoman, who was drefsd in Mourning, thather…
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