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June 3, 1915 issue

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This article focuses on the book "The Curves of Life, Being an Account of Spiral Formations and Their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, and to Art, With Special Reference to the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci," by Theodore Andrea Cook. More than ten years ago Cook advanced the theory that painter Leonardo da Vinci was the architect of the famous spiral staircase at Blois. The study involved a survey of spiral formations in general, especially of such left-handed spirals as the staircase. Now Mr. Cook deals with the whole matter of spirals more completely. After preliminary definitions, he treats upright and flat spirals in shells.

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CURVES of Life, Being an Account of Spiral Formations & Their Application to Growth in Nature, to Science, & to Art, With Special Reference to the Manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci (Book); COOK, Theodore Andrea; LEONARDO, da Vinci, 1452-1519; PAINTERS; SPIRALS in art; CURVES
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