Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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one of the Directions drawn upon the
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trical Plane; </
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Angle the ſaid Directions make with the Baſe
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expreſſes it, the Geometrical Plane may be en-
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the Sun’s Rays will have no accidental Point;
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which Caſe, one of the Parallels muſt be drawn
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through the Point a, inſtead of the Line D a. </
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Moreover, when the Perſpective Plane is perpen-
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Point a, parallel to the Baſe Line; </
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another Line through the Point I, parallel to the
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elevated Point, when there is ſome Body hindring its
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falling upon the Geometrical Plane.</
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made by a Plane paſſing through the given Point
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perpendicular to the Geometrical Plane, and pa-
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the Interſection of the ſaid Perſpective, and a
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