Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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[131.] Operation.
[132.] Demonstration.
[133.] Remark.
[134.] Problem IV.
[135.] Problem V.
[136.] Operation.
[137.] Demonstration.
[138.] Problem VI.
[139.] Method II.
[140.] Operation.
[141.] Demonstration.
[142.] Method III.
[143.] CHAP. VI.
[144.] Prob. I.
[145.] Prob. II.
[146.] Demonstration.
[147.] Corollary.
[148.] Method II.
[149.] Operation,
[150.] Demonstration.
[151.] Remarks.
[152.] Method III.
[153.] Operation.
[154.] Demonstration.
[155.] H I: T H:: a X: a T.
[156.] Prob. III.
[157.] Operation.
[158.] Demonstration.
[159.] Prob. IV.
[160.] Method II.
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            being produced, will meet each other in the
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            Horizontal Line.</s>
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          <head xml:id="echoid-head126" xml:space="preserve">CHAP. V.</head>
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            the Perſpective Plane is conſider’d as being
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            inclined.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Problem</emph>
          I.</head>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1567" xml:space="preserve">81. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1568" xml:space="preserve">TO find the Perſpective of a Figure in the
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            Geometrical Plane.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1570" xml:space="preserve">Let X be the Vertical Plane; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1571" xml:space="preserve">S I the Station
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            Line, S the Station Point, and H the Interſecti-
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            on of the Station Line and Baſe Line. </s>
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            draw the Vertical Line H V through the Point H,
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            making an Angle with S I, equal to the Angle
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            of Inclination of the perſpective Plane; </s>
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            raiſe the Perpendicular I O to S I, in the Sta-
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            tion Point S, equal to the Height of the Eye;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1574" xml:space="preserve">and through the Extremity of the ſaid Perpen-
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            dicular, draw the principal Ray O V, paral-
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            lel to S I, and cutting H V in the Point of
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            Sight V.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1576" xml:space="preserve">Now it is evident, that O V determines the
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            Length of the principal Ray, and H V the Di-
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            ſtance from the Baſe Line to the Horizontal
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            Line; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1577" xml:space="preserve">and ſince the Demonſtration of the
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            Problems in the aforegoing Chapters regarding
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            the Geometrical Plane, have alſo Relation to
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            the perſpective Plane being inclined, the ſaid
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            Problems may be here uſed; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1578" xml:space="preserve">and conſequently,
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            this inclined perſpective Plane is reduced to a
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            Perpendicular one, view’d by an Eye, whoſe
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            Height is H V, and Diſtance O V.</s>
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