Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Pinted for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 258
l fee the fpace G D, beyond, and behind the laid Object \ and the Eye A will fee the Space FD, and the Eye B, the SpaceG E; fo that the two Eyes will lee, behind the Object C, the whole Space F E. By which Means that Object, C, becomes, as it were, tranfparent, according to the ufual Definition of… … *By LeonardcTda Vi^ar *79 is lefs in Extent than the Object which it views \whence, the Truth of our Propofition is fairlyevinced-, A painted Figure intercepting thewhole fpace behind it •, fo that the Eye is pre-cluded from the fight of any part of the Ground,found behind the Circumference of that…
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