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Let _a b c_ be the fold of the drapery spoken of above, _a c_ will be the places where this folded drapery is held fast.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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Let _a b c_ be the fold of the drapery spoken of above, _a c_ will be the places where this folded drapery is held fast.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_p c_, that is on the side _o_, and it faces a small part of the hemisphere at _c d_.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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This is proved by the 7th of this which says: The opposite ends of the support are equally pressed upon by the weight suspended to them; hence the weight shown at _f_ is felt at _b c_, that is half at each extremity; and by the third which says: in a support of equal strength [throughout] that portion will give way soonest which is farthest from its attachment; whence it follows that _d_ being equally distant from _f, e_ .....
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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This is proved by the 7th of this which says: The opposite ends of the support are equally pressed upon by the weight suspended to them; hence the weight shown at _f_ is felt at _b c_, that is half at each extremity; and by the third which says: in a support of equal strength [throughout] that portion will give way soonest which is farthest from its attachment; whence it follows that _d_ being equally distant from _f, e_ .....
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 2 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_p c_, that is on the side _o_, and it faces a small part of the hemisphere at _c d_.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_d_; in looking at this edge the pupil also sees all the space _a c_ which is beyond the edge; and the images the eye receives from that space are mingled with the images of the edge, so that one image confuses the other, and this confusion hinders the pupil from distinguishing the edge.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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_d_; in looking at this edge the pupil also sees all the space _a c_ which is beyond the edge; and the images the eye receives from that space are mingled with the images of the edge, so that one image confuses the other, and this confusion hinders the pupil from distinguishing the edge.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1485
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