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 110
d all the Objeas on ei-ther Side become reducd intothe narrow Compafs A V B X ;and if the Eye were more re-mote, that Space would be ftillfmaller^ fincc the farther anObjccl is off, the fmaller it ap-pears, as will appear by thefollowing Figure. nbe Reafon vchy Obje^is af^fear the jmalky\ as they… … The Eye A for Inftancc,viewmg the Object B C, willdraw the Rays A B and A C,which give the Angle B A Cjfo that an Obje61: viewd undera greater Angle, will appearlarge, and another under a lef-fer Angle, little. Now ris certain, that amongequal Objects, thofe at thegreateft Di fiance, will…
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