American text books of art education : Geometrical drawing (1873)
Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 · Boston : James R. Osgood & Co. · leaf 81
f equalcircles. Let the example be to inscribe six circles. _ Divide the circum-ference, and draw line3 to the centre from the divisions, as in the lastproblem; also draw the tangent to one line, as at point 1, in line1 2; bisect the angle 1 3 2 by Prob. 8 ; the bisecting line gives thecentre 4, of… … Prob. 83. — Within a gicen circle to inscribe any number of equalsemicircles^ with the ends of the diameters touching one another. As in the Inst problem, divide the circumference of the circle intoas many equal parts as semicircles to be inscribed, in points 1, 2, 3,4, 5; from these points draw…
Geometrical drawing
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