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Appletons' cyclopædia of technical drawing (1896)

Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 754

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ed in such cases by the tension of the muscles on which the positiondepends. In the act of running, the body inclines forward, its weight assiststhe movement, and the motions prevent its falling. In drawing figures it will be understood that the part that lies behind an-other can not be seen, and… … Fig. 1822. perpendicular to the line of sight—that is, if the arm, for instance, is directedtoward the eye, the hand will be the prominent object in view, that the arm willonly be shown by the portions prominent beyond the outlines of the hand, thatlimbs or portions more or less inclined to the…

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