Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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            too obliquely, recourſe muſt be had to Problem I. </s>
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              <note symbol="*" position="right" xlink:label="note-0125-01" xlink:href="note-0125-01a" xml:space="preserve">81.</note>
            to find the Appearance of a.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Method</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1674" xml:space="preserve">85. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1675" xml:space="preserve">A is the Foot of the Perpendicular: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1676" xml:space="preserve">The
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              <note position="right" xlink:label="note-0125-02" xlink:href="note-0125-02a" xml:space="preserve">Fig. 46.</note>
            Triangle, E P M, is drawn as directed: </s>
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              <note symbol="*" position="right" xlink:label="note-0125-03" xlink:href="note-0125-03a" xml:space="preserve">82.</note>
            T is the accidental Point of the Perpendiculars,
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            to the Geometrical Plane.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Operation</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1679" xml:space="preserve">Thro’ the Point a, the Appearance of A,
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            draw a Perpendicular to the Baſe Line; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1680" xml:space="preserve">which
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            make equal in Repreſentation to the
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            M E; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1681" xml:space="preserve">in conſidering this laſt Line, as being
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            parallel to the Vertical Line. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1682" xml:space="preserve">Then, from the
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            Extremity I of this Perſpective, to the Point of
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            Sight V, draw a Line cutting the Line T a, in
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            the Point X; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1683" xml:space="preserve">which will be the Repreſentation
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            of the Extremity of the propos’d Line.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Demonstration</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1685" xml:space="preserve">Let us ſuppoſe a Line paſſing thro’ the Point
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            A, equal to M E, and parallel to the Verti-
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            cal Line. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1686" xml:space="preserve">Suppoſe, moreover, that another Line
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            is drawn thro’ the Extremity of this Line, and
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            that of the propos’d Perpendicular; </s>
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            laſt Line, by the Conſtruction of the Figure
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            M E P, will be parallel to the Station Line;
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1688" xml:space="preserve">and conſequently, its Repreſentation will
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            thro’ the Point of Sight; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1689" xml:space="preserve">and its Interſection
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            with T a, will be the Extremity of the Repre-
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            ſentation ſought. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1690" xml:space="preserve">But a I is the
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            of the firſt Line, made equal to E M; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1691" xml:space="preserve">and con-
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            ſequently, V I is that of the ſecond. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1692" xml:space="preserve">Which was
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            to be demonſtrated.</s>
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