Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 23
n. The waves and water-marks stillvanish in the lighthouse, which is, however, a longway to the left, outside ot our picture. Thewheel-marks and footsteps vanish in a point on the vanishing-line of the plane of sand away to theright. Note the reflections in the water are immediatelyunder the… … When you are looking straight down the slopeof the sand, the vanishing-line will be drawn underthe horizon and parallel to it. The distancebetween them will vary with the steepness of theslope ; the steeper the slope, the lower its vanishing-line. A practical way of finding the vanishing-line ofany…
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