Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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making theſe Abbreviations, will be laid down
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in the following Methods.</
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II.
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70. By the accidental Point of inclin’d Lines.</
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parallel Lines, draw F H, parallel to the Baſe
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Line, and equal to F G. </
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the Geometrical Plane.</
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inclin’d Line; </
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R and Q, to the Point Z, taken at pleaſure in
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the Horizontal Plane.</
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rallel to the Baſe Line; </
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equal to M N; </
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a, to the Point F; </
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Perſpective ſought is a Part of the Line a F;
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that the Extremity of the faid Perpendicular is in
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the Line L H. </
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Point A, parallel to the Baſe Line, and equal to
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the inclin’d Line. </
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L is the Perſpective of I; </
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L H is the Appearance of a Line
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