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“I am clarum mane fenestras Intrat, et angustas extendit lumine rimas.” PERSIUS (A.D. 34–62), Sat. iii. 1-2. “Here is full morning coming through the window shutters, and making the narrow crevices look larger with the light”—(Conington's translation).
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BROWNE, H. Optics and Poetry. Nature 118, 697 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118697d0
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