Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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their accidental Point F, afterwards find the Re-
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the Shores meet the Wall, upon the Perſpective
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the Geometrical Plane, from the Suppoſition,
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that the Shores are parallel between themſelves,
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and their Baſes equally diſtant from the Wall.
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Perſpective.</
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of the ſaid Roofs, in the Repreſentation of
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the Wall ſuſtaining them, denote the Points
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a b c d, wherein the ſaid Roofs meet the Wall:
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and indeed impoſſible for a Painter to make a
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Deſign entirely according to the Rules we have
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