Front cover of Manuscript F
Back cover of Manuscript F
Spine of Manuscript F
Fore-edge of Manuscript F, with old shelfmark
Edge of the text block, Manuscript F
Edge of the text block showing gathering folds
Personal NotesOpening leaf with the notebook's large letter 'F'
AnatomyWhy the old die: closing veins, and the veins of the earth
Optics & LightHow an opaque body takes the colour of what faces it
HydraulicsWater and air trading places in an eddy, and a plan of eddies
HydraulicsAlways note the uses of the science of water; a swimmer's survival
HydraulicsSmall figures whirl most; deep-sinking things obey the eddies least
Physics & MechanicsBalance-arm and the proportion of combined weights
Physics & MechanicsWeights on a balance and a cart with double motion
AstronomyIn praise of the sun; and Book 10 on reservoir outlets
AstronomyThe true size of the sun and stars, against Epicurus
Physics & MechanicsCube and pyramid on a balance; why stars shine at night
Optics & LightLuminous and shadowy bodies; the sun's size vs Epicurus
HydraulicsThe Double Ebb and Flow of Waves in a Basin
HydraulicsEddies, Sediment, and Why a River Is Never Level
Physics & MechanicsWeight on a Wheel, Clock Timing, and the Shape of a Plunge Pool
HydraulicsA Mill Sluice with Overflow Channels
HydraulicsWater Striking Obstacles, and a Refutation of Epicurus on the Sun
HydraulicsA Program of Questions on Water and Waterwheels
HydraulicsThe 'Ounce' of Water and How Its Flow Can Vary
AstronomyMeasuring the Sun's Size, and Mocking Epicurus
Optics & LightThe Convex Mirror: Why Reflection Has No General Rule
HydraulicsHow Channel Inlets and Outlets Shift the Current
GeologyHow Rivers Carve Mountains from Land Risen from the Sea
HydraulicsEddies That Reverse Their Whirling Motion
HydraulicsEddies on a riverbed and the sorting of gravel, sand and mud
HydraulicsDraining coastal ponds with artificial eddies and siphons
HydraulicsThe concavity and usefulness of water eddies
Civil EngineeringCarrying mountain soil into marshes to reclaim the valleys
HydraulicsWhy the water walls of an eddy stand higher than its hollow
HydraulicsDrying sea-bordering ponds with siphons and eddy machines
HydraulicsFalling water and rising bodies on a moving incline
HydraulicsWater flow through a nozzle and an eddy-driven machine
HydraulicsRising jets of water and a fire-driven lifting device
HydraulicsOn eddies and their utility
HydraulicsWater eddies for scouring and reclaiming a canal
Optics & LightWhy smoke and the sky appear blue
HydraulicsVortices where water strikes a submerged block
HydraulicsLongitudinal and square-based waves in a canal
HydraulicsSurface waves and currents that override one another
HydraulicsDefining the semicolumnar wave and the rebounding wave
HydraulicsRunning water falling into stagnant water over a channel
HydraulicsKinds of eddy and how falling waters combine
HydraulicsEddies at a river confluence; impressions in flowing water
Optics & LightHow a dark object appears thinner against a bright field
Physics & MechanicsThe rebound of falling bodies; the sphere of water on the earth
HydraulicsDeepening a canal, and a movable weir that scours the bed
HydraulicsA program of river-current studies; a water-filled spherical lamp
HydraulicsWaters that cross one another at various angles
HydraulicsChapters on eddies and jets of water rising into the air
Optics & LightDesign for a rectangular crystal reading lens
AstronomyThe earth as a star; sunlight bent through the air
Physics & MechanicsPower, load, distance and time in moving bodies
HydraulicsWhy the sphere of water has a spherical surface
AstronomyThe figure of the elements: refuting Plato's solids
GeometryFive Regular Solids: Why a Cube Rolls More Than a Pyramid
Optics & LightSight Spread Through the Pupil; Air Bubbles Rising in Water
Optics & LightSunlight Through Water Bubbles; Objects Smaller Than the Pupil
Optics & LightRays Seen Around a Light Arise in the Eye Itself
Optics & LightBlocking the Lower Ray Extinguishes the Ray Above the Light
Optics & LightRays Around a Light Are Made in the Eye; the Finger Test
Optics & LightHow an object darkens the pupil's field; notes on still water
Optics & LightWhy a luminous aperture seems to narrow near an interposed object
Optics & LightHow the images of stars crowd upon the surface of the eye
Optics & LightThe whole sky and its stars imaged in the eye and through a pinhole
Optics & LightWhy stars seen through a pinhole appear diminished
Optics & LightWhy sunlight through an aperture is brightest at its centre
Optics & LightHow light rays penetrate liquids: two refraction experiments
Optics & LightOn the visual power: why images do not converge to a point
Physics & MechanicsBook 32: fire moving through boiling water; the sun's heat
HydraulicsBook 42: on rains - clouds, vapours, snow, hail and frost
Optics & LightWhy two separate lights appear joined at a distance
Optics & LightThe more luminous of two equal objects appears larger
Optics & LightThe Eye and Light: Pupil, Pinhole and Doubled Images
Optics & LightPupil Size, Visual Angle and the Rays of Bright Bodies
Physics & MechanicsAir Enclosed Under Water: Why Bubbles Rise Serpentining
HydraulicsIs a River's Surface Spherical? Water Along Arc and Chord
Optics & LightPerspective of Solar Rays: the Sun's Image on Wavy Water
Optics & LightThe Sun's Image Across the Sphere of the Ocean
Optics & LightHow the pupil adjusts and a light keeps its size at distance
Optics & LightProof that a receding light loses splendour, not size
HydraulicsWhy a lagoon drains to the sea through a narrow channel
HydraulicsThe shapes of waves made by a body moving in water
FlightThe motion of birds, and the earth seen from the moon
Ornament & HeraldryRecipes for layered imitation-onyx plaques; canal sketches
HydraulicsWhich water keeps its straight course below a river sluice
HydraulicsCrossing currents and the paths of objects in a winding river
HydraulicsA body carried half in the water and half in the air
HydraulicsA leaf turning in a current; a water wheel struck by falling water
GeometryA wind-rose of directions and obliquities for the water book
HydraulicsOrder of the book: describing water jets by the four winds
HydraulicsIntersecting Water Jets: Four Effects of Colliding Streams
HydraulicsThe Impetus of Water and Mutual Penetration of Jets
Machines & DevicesMachine for Hauling a Tree Trunk from the Water
HydraulicsRiver Currents and Why Dogs Smell One Another
Physics & MechanicsAir to Lift Weights, and Water Falling from a River
HydraulicsSheet-like Water Around Obstacles in a Swift Current
Physics & MechanicsWeights in Water, a Potter's-Wheel Clock, and Waves
Physics & MechanicsBuoyancy in Vessels and the Revolution of River Water
Civil EngineeringFloating a Great Weight onto a Barge by Draining a Canal
Optics & LightThe Adapting Pupil, Angle of Incidence, and Water on Mountains
HydraulicsMotions of Water and the Doubling of the Cube
GeometryCentre of Gravity of Pyramids and Quadrature of the Cube
Physics & MechanicsPropositions on force, mass, space, and time in motion
Physics & MechanicsThe zig-zag motion of the celestial thunderbolt
GeologyIf the earth were a perfect sphere the waters would cover it
HydraulicsThe true ounce of water: flow from spouts at different heights
FlightBodies turning in currents, birds in the wind, and a crystal hemisphere
HydraulicsHow struck water divides: eddies, angles, and the scoured bank
HydraulicsWater outlets of different shapes and their discharge
HydraulicsThin-walled outlets and the three centres of a body
GeometryA half-cylinder into a half-cube, and an agate recipe
Ornament & HeraldryRecipes for imitation agate, and the earth as a star
AstronomyWhether the friction of the heavens makes a sound
AstronomyDo the stars shine by their own light or the sun's?
GeometryTransforming a cube into a rectangular prism
GeometryMaking a cube from a quadrilateral prism
GeometryCubes double one another: the diagonal cut
GeometryDoubling the cube: a mental, not instrumental, proof
GeometryTo make a cube double or half another
AstronomyWhy planets look larger at the horizon
Painting & PerspectivePerspective: proportional diminution with distance
Physics & MechanicsLocal motion of dust: mounds formed on a struck board
Optics & LightWhy only nearby waves reflect the sun's image to the eye
Optics & LightPerspective: the axis of the angle of incidence on a cylinder
Optics & LightThe sun's image on bubble-like waves and the sphere of a dewdrop
Optics & LightWhy the sun's image on water grows with distance from the eye
Optics & LightThe reflected image of the sun on the sea's waves
AstronomyRays past the moon, and why a distant light looks round
AstronomyThe moon's day and night, and eclipses of sun, moon and earth
HydraulicsThings carried by water, channel bends and bed erosion
HydraulicsWaves broken by an obstacle, and reading water by sunlight
HydraulicsEddies in rivers: fast and slow whirlpools and their mixing
HydraulicsDrops of Water and Grasses on the River Bed
HydraulicsWater Falling Through the Air Twists on Itself
Optics & LightOn the Rainbow: Made by the Eye, or by Sun and Cloud?
HydraulicsRiver Fall and Whether the Sea Sits Higher Than Mountains
HydraulicsEddies at a Bend and a River Crossing a Lake
Physics & MechanicsDo Bodies Weigh More in Air Than Under Water?
Physics & MechanicsEarth as a moon, gravity of the elements, and membraned water
GeologyWhy the earth's center of gravity lies at the world's center
HydraulicsSea raised by the sun, discharge and fall, and river eddies
HydraulicsMembraned water in the air and the persistence of motion in water
HydraulicsFalling water currents: collisions, planking scour, and rebound
HydraulicsBubbling water, wave motion, and eddies from the pool bed
HydraulicsSprings on Mountain Peaks; Water Falling into a Channel
GeometryAngle of Contingency; Why the Sea Seems Higher than Land
Ornament & HeraldryOn Mixtures: Making Imitation Agate and Marble
Physics & MechanicsHow Air Moves Before and Behind a Moving Body
Physics & MechanicsWhy a Body Keeps Moving; Dust Motes in a Sunbeam
Painting & PerspectivePainting: Why the Shadows on White Are Blue
Physics & MechanicsReflection of a Moving Body and the Circular Wave in Water
Optics & LightThe Sun's Image in Curved Mirrors; Defining Half-Obliquity
HydraulicsThe Martesana Canal and Recovering Water through Springs
HydraulicsRiver Eddies, Floating Debris, and Scour Beneath a Gate
AstronomyThe Light of the Moon and the Forms of Solar Rays
HydraulicsObjects Dragged by a Current; Water Checked by an Obstacle
HydraulicsWater eddies (retrosi): two kinds of vortex in a river
GeologyHow sea shells become fossils enclosed in rock
GeologyHow fish bones survive inside petrified fish
GeologyThe shell as the animal's house; leaves preserved in stone
GeologyAgainst the idea that the stars made shells in the mountains
HydraulicsFalling water: sheets, jets and the mill-wheel vortex
HydraulicsWater Falling Through Air into a Pool
HydraulicsDeep-Set Hulls Resist Wind; Water Boiling at a Drop
HydraulicsWhy the Sphere of Water Is Perfectly Round
Physics & MechanicsWhy Two Vertical Towers Lean and Topple Together
Physics & MechanicsA Weight Poised Between the Centers of Two Worlds
AstronomyMoon Spots, the Levelling Earth, and Canal Waves
AstronomyOn the Spots of the Moon: Against the Transparency Theory
AstronomyOn the Spots of the Moon: Against Rarity and the Mirror Theory
Optics & LightProof That the Sun Is Hot: Concave Mirror and Water-Ball Experiments
AstronomyThe Sun's Rays and the Element of Fire
Physics & MechanicsWhy Heavy Bodies Fall: Water in a Bent Tube
HydraulicsWater Against an Oblique Obstacle; Air Behind a Falling Body
HydraulicsPlan for the water treatise; impetus and how birds ride air
HydraulicsBook 9: water surging under a sluice-gate; how air condenses
HydraulicsConcave versus convex canals; a spoked hydraulic wheel
HydraulicsRiver waves: vortices, bank reflections, and their crossings
HydraulicsRiver-wave patterns around central, lateral and oblique obstacles
HydraulicsColumnar waves over obstacles in a river channel
HydraulicsRiver waves striking eddies at a widened bank
HydraulicsFour cases of widened and narrowed river banks
HydraulicsEddies formed by a sudden widening of the channel
HydraulicsSemi-columnar and unequal columnar waves
HydraulicsCollisions of columnar waves of equal and unequal force
AstronomyThe moon as a polished mirror and the light of the earth
HydraulicsWaves in a canal: reflected motion and the semicolumnar wave
HydraulicsWater against an obstacle and the rise of falling water
AstronomyThe seas make the world shine like the moon; light and the eye
Optics & LightFlow in a long narrow-mouthed ditch; light, distance and vision
Ornament & HeraldryAnatomy of the finger nerves; recipes for imitation branching
Ornament & HeraldryRecipes for varnishing and moulding imitation cups
Painting & PerspectiveAphorisms, green-pigment recipes, and a bone flask
Ornament & HeraldryUntranscribed notes, pen flourishes, and a library stamp