Burn, Robert Scott · London : Ingram, Cooke, and Co. · leaf 82
t will be theperspective pentagon required. The same mode of proceeding will apply to all regular equilateralfigures. Irregular figures are shewn in perspective by finding their pointsor angles by means of visual lines and diagonals to the distance-point. Anexample of one such figure will… … fi g. 41. line, B H the base-line, S the point of sight, V the* station, and D thepoint of distance; S D on the picture being equal to K V on the plan.Let M N be the position of the plane of delineation on the plan, and Cthat of any object (say a tree) beyond that plane. Bequired the perspec-tive…
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