A Dictionary of science, literature, and art [electronic resource]: comprising the history, description, and scientific principles of every branch of human knowledge; with the derivation and definition of all the terms in general use (1844)
Brande, William Thomas, 1788-1866, Cauvin, Joseph · New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 482
thesides are all equal, and therefore the general form will bethat of a polygon inscribed in a circle. The first thing to bedone is to determine on the number of sides. We shall sup-pose them to be six, and the radius of the circumscribing cir-cle to be 360 yards, when the construction will be as… … which set off D E, equal to one sixth of A B, or 60 yards;draw the lines A E F and B E G, in which take A H andB I, each equal to 100 yards, or five ninths of A D; makeH F and I G each equal to the distance IT I; then the lineA H G F I B is the principal outline of the front; and bymaking the same…
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