Perspectograph


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Per`spec´to`graph


n.1.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 some one point.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Drawing of a man using a perspectograph to draw an armillary sphere.
Leonardo da Vinci's world map
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