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OCR: yields and breaks and becomes separated from the drop, and returns upward contrary to the natural course of its gravity, nor does it move from there. .. . until it is again driven down by the weight which has been reformed." A This continues a topic begun on 34v, where Leonardo describes the changing shape of a dewdrop as it increases in size. Here he focuses on the action of water and its cohesive properties, listing 23 different cases of cohesion. These include the action of water passing through felt and air: "The same is