A Treatise on Painting
by Leonardo da Vinci, translated by John Francis Rigaud
On the Motion of driving any Thing into or drawing it out of the Ground
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Chap. XCI.On the Motion of driving any Thing into or drawing it out of the Ground.

He who wishes to pitch a pole into the ground, or draw one out of it, will raise the leg and bend the knee opposite to the arm which acts, in order to balance himself upon the foot that rests, without which he could neither drive in, nor pull out any thing.