When one of the series of foreshortenings is made at a right angle with the lateral series the arrangement of the phases is usually thus:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Laterals. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rear Foreshortenings from points of view on the same vertical line, at an angle of 90 deg. from the Laterals. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Front Foreshortenings from points of view on the same horizontal plane, at suitable angles from the Laterals. |
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