Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 62
situated somewhere on the line ofthe horizon. The height of this horizontal line, and therefore of the pointof sight, is dependent on the height from which the spectator is supposedto take his observation, which shews the horizontal line varying accordingto the height of the eye (fig. 5).In copying… … on level ground, the horizon will seem low (fig. 6), and the view willembrace but a limited field; if from any considerable elevation, the horizonwill be higher (fig. 7), and a wider range of objects will be visible; andfrom a still greater height, such as the top of a hill or of a tower, the…
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