The American house carpenter. A treatise on the art of building. Comprising styles of architecture, strength of materials, and the theory and practice of the construction of floors, framed girders, roof trusses, rolled-iron beams, tubular-iron girders, cast-iron girders, stairs, doors, windows, mouldings, and cornices; together with a compend of mathematics. A manual for the practical use of architects, carpenters, stair-builders, and others (1880)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879, Hatfield, O. P., ed · New York, J. Wiley & sons · leaf 597
onthe line de, and from the point d, describe the arc/^; takethe distance be, and upon g, describe the small arc at /; 554 PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. join / and d\ and the angle e df will be equal to the anglebac. If the given line upon which the angle is to be made issituated parallel to the similar line… … Fig. 357. arc a c; upon a and c, with a radius greater than half a c,describe arcs cutting each other at d\ join b and d\ and bdwill bisect the angle abc^ as was required. This problem is frequently made use of in solving otherproblems; it should therefore be well impressed upon thememory. 507—To…
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