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‘ κατόπτρων. ἔπειτα κἂν πρὸς αὐτῇ τῇ σελήνῃ τὰς ἀντανακλάσεις ἐν ἴσαις γωνίαις ποιῶμεν, οὐκ ἀδύνατον
φερομένας ἐν διαστήματι τοσούτῳ τὰς αὐγὰς κλάσεις ἴσχειν καὶ περιολισθήσεις, ὡς συγχεῖσθαι
καὶ λάμπειν τὸ φῶς. ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ δεικνύουσι γράφοντες , ὅτι πολλὰ τῶν φώτων αὐγὴν ἀφίησι κατὰ
γραμμὴν ὑπὸ τὴν κεκλιμένην ὑποταθεῖσαν: σκευωρεῖσθαι
δ᾽ ἅμα λέγοντι, διάγραμμα, καὶ ταῦτα πρὸς πολλούς, οὐκ ἐνῆν.’
‘τὸ δ᾽ ὅλον’ ἔφη ‘θαυμάζω πῶς τὴν διχότομον ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς κινοῦσιν , ἐμπίπτουσαν μετὰ τῆς ἀμφικύρτου καὶ τῆς μηνοειδοῦς. εἰ γὰρ αἰθέριον
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