Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 60
the same tendency to approacheach other, and meet at some remote point at the end of the street. Hewill observe, further, that lines on or near the ground all point rather up-wards ; those about as high as his own head are tolerably level; whilethose which begin much above his head, such as the… … fig. 2. A similar effect may be observed by any person standing at the end ofa long avenue of trees, and looking along it. Theconvergence of the lines of the feet of the trees, thecommencement of the foliage, &c, is almost equallymanifest (fig. 3). If, again, the observer walk on till he arrive…
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