The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... (1734)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 · London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ... · leaf 108
l call :hem -Pba-raolfs Needles, whence the Ita-lia s call them Av-gliay andthe F^ericb A^^idllies. OBJECTS [in Perfpp^iive]It is ihewn by the followingFigure why Obje(5ls appear thenearer each o* her, as they aremore remote from the Eye. Suppofe a Spe6la:ors Eye inthe middle of a Line at -h itis… … O B O B By taking in this Semi-Cir-plc, It will receive the Objectson either Side, and in fuchIvlanner, as that thole furtheftoif from the Side A, appear toapproach towards the CentreT, and thofe on the Side B,feem to approach like wife. Now It it be askd, HowThings 1q wide afunder, Zhou Idcome to…
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