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On the luminousity of the moon.

OF THE MOON.

I say that as the moon has no light in itself and yet is luminous, it is inevitable but that its light is caused by some other body.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

898 * 900
XIII * XVI
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Of the nature of Sunlight.
885
Considerations as to the size of the sun.
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890,
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892,
893,
894,
895,
896,
897,
898,
899,
900,
901
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902
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903,
904,
905,
906,
907
On the moon’s halo.
908
On instruments for observing the moon.
909,
910
On the light of the stars.
911,
912,
913
Observations on the stars.
914
On history of astronomy.
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Of time and its divisions.
916,
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