The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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if the enemy comes from behind, they have the power of escaping to  
the front; and again the muscle called the nictitating membrane is  
transparent, because, if the eye had not such a screen, they could  
not keep it open against the wind which strikes against the eye in  
the rush of their rapid flight. And the pupil of the eye dilates and  
contracts as it sees a less or greater light, that is to say intense  
brilliancy.  
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31.  
If at night your eye is placed between the light and the eye of a  
cat, it will see the eye look like fire.  
Remarks on the organs of speech  
(
832. 833).  
8
32.  
a e i o u  
ba be bi bo bu  
ca ce ci co cu  
da de di do du  
fa fe fi fo fu  
ga ge gi go gu  
la le li lo lu  
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