Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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            Perpendiculars f P, O H, muſt be let fall from
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            the Points f and O, on the Baſe Line, and the
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            Line P g drawn; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s661" xml:space="preserve">then the Point V, wherein it
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            cuts the Perpendicular O H, is the Point of Sight
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            ſought, and the Parts O V, and V H determine
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            the Height and Diſtance of the Eye.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Method</emph>
          V.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s663" xml:space="preserve">35. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s664" xml:space="preserve">When the Appearance of a Point is known,</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s665" xml:space="preserve">Let A be a Point in the Geometrical Plane,
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0047-01" xlink:href="note-0047-01a" xml:space="preserve">Fig. 11.</note>
            and a its Repreſentation in the perſpective Plane,
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            it is requir’d to find the Appearance of the
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            Point B.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Operation</emph>
          ,
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          Without Compaſſes.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s667" xml:space="preserve">Draw a Line from the Point B to the Eye O,
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            and another from the Point E, wherein the
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            ſaid Line continued, cuts the Baſe Line, to the
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            Point A; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s668" xml:space="preserve">then draw the Line E a, and where
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            it cuts B O, is the Point b ſought.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Demonstration</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s670" xml:space="preserve">The Point E is its own Repreſentation; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s671" xml:space="preserve">and
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            becauſe the Point a is the Repreſentation of A,
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            the Line E a is that of E A. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s672" xml:space="preserve">Now ſince the
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            Point B is in the Line E A, the Appearance of
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            this Point will be likewiſe in E a, as alſo
              <note symbol="*" position="right" xlink:label="note-0047-02" xlink:href="note-0047-02a" xml:space="preserve">27.</note>
            B O; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s673" xml:space="preserve">therefore it is in b the Interſection of the
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            Lines E a, and B O.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Remark</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s675" xml:space="preserve">37. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s676" xml:space="preserve">If the Point A be in the Line B O, or
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            the Line B A be parallel, or a very little inclined
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            to the Baſe Line, we cannot then uſe this </s>
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