Quote: objects at all distances increase at the same ratio, whether seen through a telescope or not; e.g., consider rods at varying distances and sizes whose ends line up

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If I cannot catch you on the run, … at all distances increase in the same ratio? … a way that all are seen in the … same place and looking at these objects through … one no longer hide the rest from you, … you in a straight line, since they are … one another and at various distances from the … [p. 327] these rods are to be of unequal lengths, the most … their ends appear to be placed along two … Now take up the telescope and look at … seen along two straight lines as before, though … Among geometers it is required that all such … more than the farther ones. Therefore yield, and …   Google-1   Google-2

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