Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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from the Eye O upon the Baſe Line, the Appear-
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ances of all Lines paſſing through S, will be
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Point S is the Station Point. </
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ſentation of a right Line, the Perſpective of
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the Extremes of the ſaid Line, need only be
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Repreſentation of two Points, nevertheleſs I
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preſentation of a Line in ſome Caſes.</
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of A, one of the Ends of the given Line; </
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terwards through that Appearance, draw a Pa-
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Line parallel thereto, cutting the Horizontal
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Line in D, and joyn the Points E and D, by
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the Line E D, which cut in the Points c and g,
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by Lines drawn from C and G to the Eye; </
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