Brown, Harold Haven, 1869-1932 · Chicago, Atkinson, Mentzer & company · leaf 23
ners of thatepoch. A very brief statement of a general law of proportionwould seem to be almost impossible, yet analysis of a largenumber of objects, covering many fields and many ages, leadsto a conclusion that the approximate ratio of two parts to threeis one of wide and useful application. There… … * THE GOLDEN OBLONG The golden or ideal oblong is built upon proportions to which mathe-maticians give the term of mean and extreme ratio. In the above line A Cthe ratio of A B to B C is as the ratio of B C to A C. If the line weredivided into 100 parts such a division would very nearly approximate…
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