Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 58
ble number of objects, one only of those objects canbe situated exactly opposite to the eye ; the remainder will all be viewedmore or less at an angle, according to their respective positions. There-fore one only of those objects, if truly represented exactly as they appear,can present a… … %. 1. gives a series of correct perspective representations of a thick book, whichthe reader is supposed to hold in his hands in various positions consecu-tively. If he hold it up level, with one of its edges opposite to his eye, itsform and appearance will be that shewn at A, in which he will see…
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