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Optics & LightHow light and shadow fall on bodies: primitive and derivative shadow
Optics & LightHow shadow varies when light is larger than or equal to a body
Optics & LightForked shadows from a pyramidal opaque body
Optics & LightUniform shadow, and shade sharper far from the light
Optics & LightWhy bodies near the horizon look larger; sunlight through a chink
Optics & LightSmall light gives sharp shadows; the speed of a cast shadow
Optics & LightGraded light along the penumbra of a large light source
Optics & LightLight and Shadow: Angle of Incidence and Compound Shadows
Optics & LightThe Science of Shadow: Foreshortening and Derivative Shadows
Physics & MechanicsMotion, Voice, and the Blow: Mechanics Demonstrations
Optics & LightThe Motion of Air and Water; Optics of the Pinhole
Physics & MechanicsForce, Weight, and the Instantaneous Blow
Physics & MechanicsThe Blow, Pulleys, and Jets of Wine and Water
Physics & MechanicsPulleys, Balances and the Three Shapes of a Shadow
Optics & LightPyramids of Light and Shade; Why Distant Flames Look Round
Optics & LightHow Many Shadows a Body Casts Between Two Lights
Optics & LightVisual Rays, and the Pinhole Image of an Aperture
Optics & LightWhere Light and Derived Shadow Mingle in the Air
Optics & LightBright Light, Dark Shadow, and the Eye Among Bodies
Optics & LightLight through an aperture keeps the source's shape
Optics & LightDerivative shadow keeps the shape of the original shadow
Optics & LightWhich edge of a cast shadow is darkest
Optics & LightForeshortened shadows and why a flat surface looks larger
Optics & LightColours fade with distance except where sunlight strikes
Optics & LightOverlapping shadows and where colour vanishes in shade
Optics & LightShadows Cast by Four Lights and Four Bodies
Optics & LightOverlapping Shadows Doubling in Darkness
Optics & LightRays Through an Aperture and the Kinds of Shadow
HydraulicsColliding Balls, a Vibrating Blade, and a Canal Research Program
Personal NotesMemorandum of 23 April 1490 and the Thefts of the Boy Giacomo
Optics & LightThe Eye's Pupil in Darkness and Light; Echo and Reflection
Optics & LightOn Shadow: Primary and Derivative Light on Spheres
Optics & LightCast Shadows and Their Central Axes
Optics & LightThe Sun Mirrored upon the Water
Optics & LightCast Shadows and the Blue of Distant Things
Optics & LightWhen a Shadow's Shape Follows Body or Light Source
Optics & LightMixing Two Shadows: Perfect and Imperfect
Optics & LightVisual rays of two eyes, number games, and the toll of Modena
Optics & LightHow the species of things fill every point of the air
Optics & LightDerivative light and the strength of its illumination
Optics & LightPrimitive and derivative shadow: darkness set by proportion
Optics & LightImpact of the derivative shadow and the best-lit surface
Optics & LightWater in a bucket, shadows from many lights, and the blow of a hammer
Physics & MechanicsPercussion and rebound: axe on wood, drops on water
Optics & LightHow the eye discerns a body against its background
HydraulicsStill water keeps its level; skimming oil off a lake
Optics & LightBright backgrounds shrink a body; the echo of a blow
HydraulicsRiver currents, rolling stones, and a spinning wheel
HydraulicsWaves raised by wading; mixing wine and water; a candle's shadow
HydraulicsRiver waves against the wind; surface and bottom currents
HydraulicsHow a stone on the river-bed scours the channel
Hydraulics'What is water' — the nature and powers of the element
Painting & PerspectiveThe eye and the visual pyramid; light and shadow on bodies
Painting & PerspectivePerspective, diminution, and shadow on opposed bodies
Physics & MechanicsThe blow: turbid water and the rebound of colliding spheres
HydraulicsOn weights, and the force of water striking obstacles in a canal
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