Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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7435on PERSPECTIVE.
And the Triangles D P m and D G n are ſimilar:
Wherefore
D G:
D P: G n: : P m.
And
G H:
P Q: : G n: P m.
The Triangles B A N and L A M are ſimilar:
Therefore,
BA:
AL: : AN: AM.
But the three firſt Terms of the two laſt Proportions,
are equal between themſelves;
whence P m is alſo
equal to A M.
Which was to be demonſtrated.
Remarks.
54. When the Height of the Cone is greater
than the Height of the Eye, the Points, G and
H, will fall below the Point D;
in which Caſe,
the Lines A B and A C muſt be produc’d, till
they cut the Circle in the Points l and f, oppo-
ſite to L and F:
Then lIf will be the viſible
Part of the Baſe.
When the Cone is inclin’d, ſo that T (for Ex-
ample) is the Seat of its Vertex;
AT muſt be
drawn:
And then having aſſum’d P D equal to
the perpendicular Height of the Cone, and Pt
equal to A T;
the Line t D x muſt be drawn;
and the Part T X, taken in A T, equal to G x.
Alſo, X S muſt be drawn, and A s, equal and
parallel thereto.
This being done; the ſame Method muſt be
apply’d here, that I have laid down for the up-
right Cone;
with this Difference only, that the
Point s muſt be us’d inſtead of the Station Point
S.
But when the Height of the Cone is greater
than the Height of the Eye, the Point X muſt
be aſſum’d in the Line T A, between the Points
T and A.

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