The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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will be seen with all the contours similar to those of the body that  
casts it, if the eye is placed just where the centre of the light  
was.  
The shadow will look darkest where it is farthest from the body that  
casts it. The shadow c d, cast by the body in shadow a b which  
is equally distant in all parts, is not of equal depth because it is  
seen on a back ground of varying brightness. [Footnote: Compare the  
three diagrams on Pl. VI, no 1 which, in the original accompany this  
section.]  
On the outlines of cast shadows (192-195).  
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92.  
The edges of a derived shadow will be most distinct where it is cast  
nearest to the primary shadow.  
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93.  
As the derived shadow gets more distant from the primary shadow, the  
more the cast shadow differs from the primary shadow.  
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94.  
OF SHADOWS WHICH NEVER COME TO AN END.  
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