Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, An essay on perspective

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[121.] Problem I.
[122.] Problem II.
[123.] Operation.
[124.] Demonstration.
[125.] Remark.
[126.] Problem III.
[127.] Method II.
[128.] Operation.
[129.] Demonstration.
[130.] Method III.
[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.
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            draw S N perpendicular to the ſaid Line A B,
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            cutting the Baſe Line in N, and draw the Line
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            N D. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1726" xml:space="preserve">Then about the Point D, as a Center, and
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            with the Radius D O, deſcribe the Circular Arc
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            O o: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1727" xml:space="preserve">And about N, as a Center, with the Radius
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            N S, draw the Circular Arc S s. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1728" xml:space="preserve">This being done,
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            draw the Line s o touching the ſaid two Arcs,
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            and the Line D o perpendicular to s o. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1729" xml:space="preserve">Then
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            draw o F, making an Angle with o D, equal to
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            the Angle of the Inclination of the Lines given,
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            and cutting N D continued in F: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1730" xml:space="preserve">Now I ſay F
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            is the Accidental Point ſought when the Lines
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            do not incline towards the Perſpective Plane:
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1731" xml:space="preserve">But if they do, o F muſt be drawn below o D.</s>
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            <emph style="sc">Demonstration</emph>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s1733" xml:space="preserve">If a Plane be ſuppoſed to paſs thro’ the Eye
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            parallel to theinclin’d Lines; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1734" xml:space="preserve">the common Secti-
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            ons of this Plane, and the Horizontal and Geo-
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            metrical Planes, will be O D and S N. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1735" xml:space="preserve">It is
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            now manifeſt, that if a Line be drawn in the
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            ſaid Plane, below the Horizontal Plane, when
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            the Lines incline towards the perſpective Plane,
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            and above it when they incline the other way,
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            making an Angle with O D equal to the Angle
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            of Inclination of the propoſed Lines; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1736" xml:space="preserve">I ſay it is
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            manifeſt, that the ſaid Line will be parallel to
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            the propoſed Lines, and will meet the
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            ctive Plane in the Accidental Point ſought. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1737" xml:space="preserve">If
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            now the before ſuppoſed Plane be conceiv’d to
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            turn about the Line N D, the Eye, and the
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            Station Point in the ſaid Plain, will then meet
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            the perſpective Plane in the Points o and s; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1738" xml:space="preserve">for
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            the Lines D o and N s are equal to D O and N S,
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            and form right Angles with the Line s o joyning
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            their Extremities. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s1739" xml:space="preserve">Now the two Points s and o
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            anſwer to the Situation of the Eye and </s>
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