The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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third way is that the third above is over the third below [Footnote  
1: 3a di sotto: "Disposizione 1/2" (UZIELLI).].  
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[Footnote: See the four sketches on the upper portion of the page  
reproduced as fig. 2 on P1. XXVII.]  
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A DESCRIPTION OF THE ELM.  
The ramification of the elm has the largest branch at the top. The  
first and the last but one are smaller, when the main trunk is  
straight.  
The space between the insertion of one leaf to the rest is half the  
extreme length of the leaf or somewhat less, for the leaves are at  
an interval which is about the 3rd of the width of the leaf.  
The elm has more leaves near the top of the boughs than at the base;  
and the broad [surface] of the leaves varies little as to [angle  
and] aspect.  
[Footnote: See Pl. XXVII, No. 3. Above the sketch and close under  
the number of the page is the word 'olmo' (elm).]  
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