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Entry#  166. On the shape of derived shadows (166-174).


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OF THE PYRAMIDAL SHADOW.


The pyramidal shadow produced by a columnar body will be narrower

than the body itself in proportion as the simple derived shadow is

intersected farther from the body which casts it.


Footnote 166: Compare the first diagram to No. 161. If we here

conceive of the outlines of the pyramid of shadow on the ground as

prolonged beyond its apex this gives rise to a second pyramid; this

is what is spoken of at the beginning of No. 166.


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