Leonardo da Vinci: All objects transmit their image to the eye in pyramids, and the nearer to the eye these pyramids are intersected the sm

All objects transmit their image to the eye in pyramids, and the nearer to the e — Leonardo da Vinci

All objects transmit their image to the eye in pyramids, and the nearer to the eye these pyramids are intersected the smaller will the image appear of the objects which cause them.

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