Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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F B, therefore G N is likewiſe equal to the half
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of B L, and conſequently equal to the Height
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qual to the Perpendicular, whoſe Perſpective is
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requir’d and D G is ſuppoſed equal to that Per-
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dicular, and uſed the Points C and P inſtead of
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B and L. </
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the Horizontal Line muſt almoſt always be con-
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tinued, that ſo a Line drawn through the Points
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c and a may cut it; </
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as in uſing the Point B, M N can never be
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greater than thrice the Breadth of the Deſign to
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Plane, may be conceived as the Extremity of a
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Perpendicular to the Geometrical Plane.</
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