Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 105
nd points. Join these, and thefigure of the shadow is completed. Suppose now that the luminary, instead of being behind, is somewhatin front of the picture, which will cause the shadows to be thrown fromthe spectator ; its place (in this example not within the picture) beinggiven. In such case its… … from the foot of the luminary, as in the last example, and draw the raysfrom the inverted position through the upper corners of the object. Theirintersections at a, b, c, &c. with the lines on the shadow-plane will give theshadows of those corners, by joining which the shadow is completed. In…
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