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Measuring — the series

One essay so far on this idea, and more questions about it than one essay answers.
  1. horizonequal stepshalve thetaper byworst error, in metres of depthequal steps to the horizon14.72 mhalve the remaining gap228.13 mtaper by eye350.80 mcorrect from 26 cm, at 160 mm wide34° across

    The measuring point, and the step the method leaves out

    Laying out equal depths correctly needs a second vanishing point that most treatments never introduce — the one belonging to the diagonals. With it the construction lands on the projected divisions to eighty femtopixels. Without it, depth is placed by judgement and the drawing depicts something nobody chose.

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