The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 by Leonardo da Vinci
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page 78 of 445 (17%)
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95. Among objects of equal size that which is most remote from the eye will look the smallest. [Footnote: This axiom, sufficiently clear in itself, is in the original illustrated by a very large diagram, constructed like that here reproduced under No. 108. The same idea is repeated in C. A. I a; I a, stated as follows: _Infra le cose d'equal grandeza quella si dimostra di minor figura che sara piu distante dall' ochio_.--] 96. Why an object is less distinct when brought near to the eye, and why with spectacles, or without the naked eye sees badly either close or far off [as the case may be]. 97. PERSPECTIVE. Among objects of equal size, that which is most remote from the eye will look the smallest. 98. PERSPECTIVE. No second object can be so much lower than the first as that the eye |
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