Practical carpentry, joinery, and cabinet-making [by P. Nicholson. by P. Nicholson, revised by T. Tredgold. [2 pt. Followed by] The elements of geometry [and] The Metropolitan building act, 1855 |
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... point A , and the side BE move against the point B ; then , if during the motion a pencil be held at the angular point B , it will describe the arc AB . By causing the same triangle to move against the points B , C , the arc BC may be ...
... point A , and the side BE move against the point B ; then , if during the motion a pencil be held at the angular point B , it will describe the arc AB . By causing the same triangle to move against the points B , C , the arc BC may be ...
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... points F , f , are called the foci of an ellipsis . Take any point , n , in the length AB , and with the radii , n A and nB , and centres F , Æ’ , describe arcs , intersecting one another in M , then M is a point in the curve . 11. Hence ...
... points F , f , are called the foci of an ellipsis . Take any point , n , in the length AB , and with the radii , n A and nB , and centres F , Æ’ , describe arcs , intersecting one another in M , then M is a point in the curve . 11. Hence ...
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... point B , cutting the former lines in the points h , i , k , & c . Through the points A , h , i , k , & c . draw a curve , and it will be the hyperbola required . To describe the Sections of a Cone by a general Method . 18. The ellipsis ...
... point B , cutting the former lines in the points h , i , k , & c . Through the points A , h , i , k , & c . draw a curve , and it will be the hyperbola required . To describe the Sections of a Cone by a general Method . 18. The ellipsis ...
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... points ; and a graceful curve of this kind cannot be produced by circular arcs ; neither is it easy to describe them ... points in this manner : divide the base AE into eight equal parts , ( see fig . 9 , ) and on each point of division ...
... points ; and a graceful curve of this kind cannot be produced by circular arcs ; neither is it easy to describe them ... points in this manner : divide the base AE into eight equal parts , ( see fig . 9 , ) and on each point of division ...
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... points A , B , C , D , being chosen so that they will not be disturbed during the progress of the building , and that lines can be stretched from point to point at any time . To prove whether the lines AB , BC be at right angles or not ...
... points A , B , C , D , being chosen so that they will not be disturbed during the progress of the building , and that lines can be stretched from point to point at any time . To prove whether the lines AB , BC be at right angles or not ...
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