The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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[Footnote: Here again the diagrams in the original have no  
connection with the text.]  
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54.  
Of several bodies, all equally large and equally distant, that which  
is most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and  
largest. [Footnote: Here again the diagrams in the original have no  
connection with the text.]  
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55.  
If several luminous bodies are seen from a great distance although  
they are really separate they will appear united as one body.  
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56.  
If several objects in shadow, standing very close together, are seen  
against a bright background they will appear separated by wide  
intervals.  
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57.  
Of several bodies of equal size and tone, that which is farthest  
will appear the lightest and smallest.  
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