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77.
This will have before it the treatise on light and shade.
The edges in the moon will be most strongly lighted and reflect most
light, because, there, nothing will be visible but the tops of the
waves of the water [Footnote 5: I have thought it unnecessary to
reproduce the detailed explanation of the theory of reflection on
waves contained in the passage which follows this.].
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78.
The sun will appear larger in moving water or on waves than in still
water; an example is the light reflected on the strings of a
monochord.
II.
THE SUN.
The question of the true and of the apparent size of the sun
(
879-884).
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79.
IN PRAISE OF THE SUN.
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