Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 · London : Pinted for J. Senex ... and W. Taylor ... · leaf 229
rin that cafe, thofe Branches of the Tree, whichface the Sun, will be diminifhed to that Pc-gree, as almoft to become invifible: And thefeme thing will be found in holding out a Pike,or other long Pole, ftraight between the Eye,and the Sun. Parallel Bodies, placed upright, and feen in aFog, will… … at? *By Leonardo da Vinci. i$7 Bodies feen at adiftance, appear ill proporti-oned: this happens, becaufe the brighter partsfend their Images to the Eye, ftronger and morefenfible, than thofe emitted from the obfeurerparts \ and 1 once obferved, in looking at aWoman, who was drefsd in Mourning,…
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