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)
nd hori-zontal planes become diminished as they approach toward thehorizon, each successive line becoming shorter, and each planenarrower until at the height of the eye, the whole of the topwould be represented by a straight line. I would here remark,that it would very materially aid the student in… … W^MfjA^ I PLATE XLIV. 129 tions on the plan, and when they are placed above or below thehorizon at different distances; this would enable him at once todetect a false line, and would also enable him to sketch fromnature with accuracy. Practice this always until it becomes aHABIT, and I can assure…
