A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
Of the Equipoise of a Figure standing still
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MOTION AND EQUIPOISE OF FIGURES.

Chap. LX.Of the Equipoise of a Figure standing still.

The non-existence of motion in any animal resting on its feet, is owing to the equality of weight distributed on each side of the line of gravity.