The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1867)
Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 35
paYts. Let a -6, {Fig. 37,) be the given line, and 5 the number of parts. Draw a c, at any angle \o ab ; on a c, from a, set off 5 equal parts of any length, as at 1, 2, 3, 4 and c ; join c and b ; through the points, 1, 2, 3 and 4, draw 1 e,2f,3g and 4 h, parallel to c b ; which will divide the… … (Fig. 38,) and bisect it Avith the perpendicular, c d ; tisect c Uwith the line, e/, as at g ; then g is the centre as was required.
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