Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 745
d looks narrower as the distanceincreases because the farther away things arethe smaller they appear. The distance betweenthe rails is the same all the way along the track,but it appears smaller and smaller as we look atit farther and farther away, and finally, in thefar distance, it appears to be… … Photograph by courtesy of The New York Central Railroad. THE RAILROAD LOOKS NARROWER AS THE DISTANCEINCREASES. and close together at one end of a table, then setup a book (B) of the same size half-way downthe table; then, with one eye at the other endof the table (C), look across the top of the…
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