Water seeking its centre; weak and vigorous waterfalls
Every part of water desires equal distance from its centre; a faint invocation
Red-chalk notes on the behaviour of water. One states that every part of water 'desires', like the whole element, to be equally distant from its centre. Two waterfalls labelled c-d and e-n illustrate that a weak fall (c-d) hugs the corner while a vigorous one (e-n) keeps to its own nature. A faint, barely perceptible jotting reads as the invocation 'O most high God'.
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Every part of water seeks equal distance from its centre
Every part of the water desires that its parts be, like the whole element, equally distant from its centre. The note expresses water's tendency to settle about a common centre.
Weak versus vigorous waterfalls (c-d, e-n)
Two falls of water are compared: c-d, being weak, clothes or hugs the corner; e-n, being vigorous, keeps to its own nature. The pair is drawn beside the note.
A faint invocation, 'O most high God'
An almost imperceptible jotting on the sheet reads as the devotional exclamation 'O most high God', set apart from the technical notes on water.