The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1873)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 54
AMERICAN HOUSE-CARPENTER. •39 102.—A parallelogram being given, to construct anotkeiequal to it, and having a side equal to a given line. Let A(Fig. 68,) be the given parallelogram, and B the given lineProduce the sides of the parallelogram, as at a, b, c and d ; makee d equal to B ; through d,… … Fig 69. 103.— To make a square equal to two or more given squares,Let A and B, (Fig. 69,) be two given squares. Place them scas to form a right angle, as at a ; join b and c ; then the square,C, formed upon the line, b c, will be equal in extent to the squares,A and B, added together. Again : if a…
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