The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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THE FARTHER THE DERIVED SHADOW IS PROLONGED THE LIGHTER IT  
BECOMES.  
You will find that the proportion of the diameter of the derived  
shadow to that of the primary shadow will be the same as that  
between the darkness of the primary shadow and that of the derived  
shadow.  
[Footnote 6: Compare No. 177.] Let a b be the diameter of the  
primary shadow and c d that of the derived shadow, I say that a  
b going, as you see, three times into d c, the shadow d c will  
be three times as light as the shadow a b. [Footnote 8: Compare  
No. 177.]  
If the size of the illuminating body is larger than that of the  
illuminated body an intersection of shadow will occur, beyond which  
the shadows will run off in two opposite directions as if they were  
caused by two separate lights.  
On the relative intensity of derived shadows (175-179).  
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