A text book of geometrical drawing : abridged from the octavo edition : for the use of schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained, the practical problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible : with an introduction to isometrical drawing : and an essay on linear perspective and shadows ... (1849)
intersections giv-ing the point of sight and vanishing points, are made in the per-spective plane, which the student will remember when used inthis connection, is equivalent to the base line or ground line ofthe picture, being the seat or position of the plane on which thedrawing is to he made; but… … imnan he o oris. PLATE XLIV. 127 points must be set off on the horizontal line as described in para-graph 32, page 104. PLATE XLIV. To delineate the perspective appearance of a Cube view-ed accidentally and situated beyond the PerspectivePlane, Figure 1. Let A, B. C, D be the plan of the cube, S…
