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Nature's laws and the making of pictures (1903)

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 78

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the vanishing-pointof all beams ; and the distance of this last pointto D, taken down to the horizon, will give youMP2, by means of which you can transfer thecorrect width of the ship from the base-line to thefore-and-aft line of the ship near the funnels. Theyards, the tops, or indeed any part of… … Outside the shop where the immortal CaptainCuttle kept watch over the stock-in-trade ofSolomon Gills, a wooden midshipman stood,eternally taking observations of the hackneycarriages. When you are trying to draw adifficult subject, you will often find it a help tomake yourself a sort of rough…

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