Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1937" xml:space="preserve">Let Z be the Geometrical Plane; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1938" xml:space="preserve">A the Seat
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              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0146-01" xlink:href="note-0146-01a" xml:space="preserve">Fig. 57.</note>
            of the given Point; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1939" xml:space="preserve">and A B the Direction of
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            the Sun’s Rays.</s>
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        <div xml:id="echoid-div307" type="section" level="1" n="166">
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            <emph style="sc">Operation</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1941" xml:space="preserve">Draw two right Lines, making a right Angle
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            with each other; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1942" xml:space="preserve">in one of which, aſſume P E,
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            equal to the Height of the given Point, above
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            the Geometrical Plane: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1943" xml:space="preserve">Then draw the Line
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            E C thro’ the Point E; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1944" xml:space="preserve">making an Angle with
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            C P, equal to the Sun’s Altitude; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1945" xml:space="preserve">and make A B
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            equal to C P. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1946" xml:space="preserve">Find the Appearance of the Point
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            B; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1947" xml:space="preserve">and the Repreſentation ſought, will be
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            had.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1949" xml:space="preserve">Note, This Operation, as likewiſe all the
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            others in this Chapter, regard all the Situations
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            of the perſpective Plane; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1950" xml:space="preserve">and is ſo evident, that
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            there is no need of demonſtrating it.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Proe</emph>
          . II.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1952" xml:space="preserve">104. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1953" xml:space="preserve">To find the Repreſentation of an elevated
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            Point, whoſe Appearance, as alſo that of its Seat, is
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            given, without uſing the Geometrical Plane.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1954" xml:space="preserve"/>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1955" xml:space="preserve">Find F, the accidental Point of the
              <note position="left" xlink:label="note-0146-02" xlink:href="note-0146-02a" xml:space="preserve">Fig. 58.</note>
            Rays, and D, that of their Direction: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1956" xml:space="preserve">Then
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              <note symbol="*" position="left" xlink:label="note-0146-03" xlink:href="note-0146-03a" xml:space="preserve">68, 88,
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              98.</note>
            draw a Line from the Point D, through a, the
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            Perſpective of the Seat of the given Point; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1957" xml:space="preserve">and
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            another from F, through I, the Perſpective of
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            the given Point: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1958" xml:space="preserve">And then b, the Interſection
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            of the ſaid two Lines, will be the Point ſought;
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            </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1959" xml:space="preserve">as is manifeſt.</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1960" xml:space="preserve"/>
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        <div xml:id="echoid-div310" type="section" level="1" n="168">
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            <emph style="sc">Remarks</emph>
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            order to find the accidental Point of any
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            ber of inclin’d Lines, we have </s>
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