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perspectograph

Perspectograph (noun) means an instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from a single point.

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An instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from a single point.
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Etymology

From Latin perspectus, past participle of perspicere (“to look through”) + -graph.

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"perspectograph" (noun) means an instrument for obtaining, and transferring to a picture, the points and outlines of objects, so as to represent them in their proper geometrical relations as viewed from a single point.

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