Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's
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An essay on perspective
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the Circular Baſe of the Cone will be deter-
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the Line G n equal to A N, and draw the Line
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n D m. </
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continued out above its Vertex, (that is, if the oppo-
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ſite Cone be form’d) it will cut the Horizontal Plane
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in a Circle equal to B E C, whoſe Seat will be BEC:
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ſame Situation as the Eye hath, with reſpect to the
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Circle form’d in the Horizontal Plane, by the Conti-
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by Conſtruction, B and C are the Points of Contact
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of the Tangents to the Circle B E C, which paſs
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thro’ the Point S; </
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Points in the Horizontal Plane, whoſe Seats are
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B and C, and which cuts the two oppoſite Cones
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ſaid Plane, will determine the viſible Part of the
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Cone’s Baſe. </
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A N, we have only to prove, that P m is equal to
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the Plane which we have here imagin’d.</
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