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[Footnote: 81. On the original diagram at the beginning of this
chapter Leonardo has written "azurro" (blue) where in the
facsimile I have marked A, and "giallo" (yellow) where B
stands.]
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Footnote: 15--23. These lines stand between the diagrams I and III.]
Footnote: 24--53. These lines stand between the diagrams I and II.]
Footnote: 54--97 are written along the left side of diagram I.]
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2.
An experiment showing that though the pupil may not be moved from
its position the objects seen by it may appear to move from their
places.
If you look at an object at some distance from you and which is
below the eye, and fix both your eyes upon it and with one hand
firmly hold the upper lid open while with the other you push up the
under lid--still keeping your eyes fixed on the object gazed at--you
will see that object double; one [image] remaining steady, and the
other moving in a contrary direction to the pressure of your finger
on the lower eyelid. How false the opinion is of those who say that
this happens because the pupil of the eye is displaced from its
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