899

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.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XIV: Anatomy, Zoology and Physiology.
. . .
The question of the true and of the apparent size of the sun.
879,
880,
881,
882,
883,
884
Of the nature of Sunlight.
885
Considerations as to the size of the sun.
886,
887,
888,
889,
890,
891
On the luminousity of the moon.
892,
893,
894,
895,
896,
897,
898,
899,
900,
901
Explanation of the lumen cinereum in the moon.
902
On the spots in the moon.
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.
915
Of time and its divisions.
916,
917,
918
. . .