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The relative proportions of the torso and of the foot.The torso a b in its thinnest part measures a foot; and from a to b is 2 feet, which makes two squares to the seat--its thinnest part goes 3 times into the length, thus making 3 squares.

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Footnotes

180:160 : See Pl. VII, No. 2, the lower sketch.


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