The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

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Author: Leonardo da Vinci

169.
ALL BODIES, IN PROPORTION AS THEY ARE NEARER TO, OR FARTHER FROM THE SOURCE OF LIGHT, WILL PRODUCE LONGER OR SHORTER DERIVED SHADOWS.

Among bodies of equal size, that one which is illuminated by the largest light will have the shortest shadow. Experiment confirms this proposition. Thus the body mn is surrounded by a larger amount of light than the body p q, as is shown above. Let us say that v c a b d x is the sky, the source of light, and that s t is a window by which the luminous rays enter, and so m n and p q are bodies in light and shade as exposed to this light; m n will have a small derived shadow, because its original shadow will be small; and the derivative light will be large, again, because the original light c d will be large and p q will have more derived shadow because its original shadow will be larger, and its derived light will be smaller than that of the body m n because that portion of the hemisphere a b which illuminates it is smaller than the hemisphere c d which illuminates the body m n.

[Footnote: The diagram, given on Pl. IV, No. 2, stands in the original between lines 2 and 7, while the text of lines 3 to 6 is written on its left side. In the reproduction of this diagram the letter v at the outer right-hand end has been omitted.]

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Chicago: Leonardo da Vinci, "169. All Bodies, in Proportion as They Are Nearer to, or Farther from the Source of Light, Will Produce Longer or Shorter Derived Shadows.," The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, trans. Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937 in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1970), Original Sources, accessed March 29, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PB7XVMZM75EQ94V.

MLA: Vinci, Leonardo da. "169. All Bodies, in Proportion as They Are Nearer to, or Farther from the Source of Light, Will Produce Longer or Shorter Derived Shadows." The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, translted by Richter, Jean Paul, 1847-1937, in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1970, Original Sources. 29 Mar. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PB7XVMZM75EQ94V.

Harvard: Vinci, LD, '169. All Bodies, in Proportion as They Are Nearer to, or Farther from the Source of Light, Will Produce Longer or Shorter Derived Shadows.' in The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, trans. . cited in 1970, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Dover Publications, Inc., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 29 March 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PB7XVMZM75EQ94V.