Hatfield, Robert Griffith, 1815-1879. [from old catalog] · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 49
ers not which side is taken for base. A ^^ ^^ e^^ C dFig. 68. 5 34 AMERICAN HOUSE-CARPENTER. 102.—A parallelogram being given, to construct anotherequal to it, and having a side equal to a given line. Let A,{Fig. 68,) be the given parallelogram, and B the given line.Produce the sides of the… … 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 soas 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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