An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 420
d, mean, or lighter construction, then transferringtheir lengths, EF, FG, GH, and HE from A to D, D, D, and D ; and liaving madethe rectangles AC, AC, AC, and AC, draw from the common point B the diagonalsBD, BD, BD, and BD, cutting the small circle described on the point B in differentpoints,… … • Fig. GCI. enclosing polygonal areas supposwd to be of the same height; thus AD represents theside of tic hexagon {fig. 602.); AD that of the pentagon {fig. 601.) ; AD the side ofthe square {fig. 599.) ; and AD that of the equilateral triangle {fig. 600.). L516. It is manifest that, bv this…
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