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A hiker walking in a hilly area is aware of the bows in the hills and valleys.
Viewed from an airplane the bows can be transformed into straight lines.
In ‘two straight lines of which one is always bowed’ both vantage points - from the side
and above - are brought together. On a piece of black canvas, using white oil pastel, a
straight line is drawn while the canvas Is lying and a second straight line is drawn while
the canvas hangs in sagged position.
The following variations are possible:
two bowed lines of which one is always straight;
two straight tines of which two are always bowed;
one straight and one bowed line of which two are always straight;
one straight and one bowed line of which two are always bowed.
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