Full text: Gravesande, Willem Jacob: An essay on perspective

An ESSAY this Appearance paſſes thro’ that of the Point
L, it will be a Part of C X. But becauſe that
Line, drawn from the Point L, paſſes thro’ the
propos’d Point; the Repreſentation of the ſaid
Point is alſo in C X; and ſo in X, the common
Interſection of C X, and T X.

124.1.

41.
6.

125. Remark .

83. If the Point T ſhould be at too great a
Diſtance; or if T B X, or C X, ſhould too ob-
liquely cut each other; the perſpective Plane
muſt then be ſuppos’d to be reduc’d to a per- pendicular, or upright one; and the Repreſen-
tation of a Point, above the Geometrical Plane,
(whoſe Seat is L, and Height M E) muſt be
found .

125.1.

81.
50.

126. Problem III.

84. To find the Repreſentation of a Line, perpendi-
cular to the Geometrical Plane`.

The Appearance of the Extremity of the Per-
pendicular muſt be found , in conſidering the ſaid Extremity as a Point above the Geometri-
cal Plane, by the Height of the propos’d Perpendi-
cular: Then if a Line be drawn from the Point
D, to the Point of Sight; its Interſection with T X, will give the Appearance a of the Seat of
the Perpendicular propos’d.

126.1.

Fig. 45.
82.
16.

Note, When there is a Neceſſity of having re-
courſe to the Remarks of the foregoing Problem,
in order to find the Point X; then the Point a
may be found, in drawing A S and D V, and
afterwards joining the Points B and X by a
Line. And when B X and D V cut each other

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