Shaw's Civil architecture; being a complete theoretical and practical system of building, containing the fundamental principles of the art . ny consid-erable distance beyond the shadow, then the lightestpart of the plane on which the rays fall will reflecta great part of the rays towards the prism ; but asthese reflected rays will not fall upon the shadow, itwill be deprived of reflection ; but as the side of theprism which projects the shadow is opposed to thereflected rays, that side of the prism will receive astrong reflection, which will cause it to appear muchlighter than the shadow it th
Shaw's Civil architecture; being a complete theoretical and practical system of building, containing the fundamental principles of the art . ny consid-erable distance beyond the shadow, then the lightestpart of the plane on which the rays fall will reflecta great part of the rays towards the prism ; but asthese reflected rays will not fall upon the shadow, itwill be deprived of reflection ; but as the side of theprism which projects the shadow is opposed to thereflected rays, that side of the prism will receive astrong reflection, which will cause it to appear muchlighter than the shadow it throws on the plane ; butif the shadow be projected farther on the plane, it willdiminish the reflecting surface behind the prism, andwill also cause the reflecting surface to be at a gicatcrdistance from the side of the prism, and, consequent-ly, will receive less reflection from the plane ; and, ingeneral, the reflection on the prism will be continuallydiminished, according as the shadow on the plane isincreased, till at last there will be no difference be-tween the shadow on the plane and the side of the •swM)mv^ M N O V
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