TO DESCRIBE THE ECHINUS THE POINT CBEING ME EXTREMITY OF ONE OF THEAXIS. Join A C, and bisect it in L; drawB, L, M, C, M, perpendicular to B C,and P M, parallel to B C, with the dis-tance C M, on the point A, describe anarc cutting P M, at 0 : Produce C M,to N, and draw A, 0, N; make M P,equal to A… … A Scotia is the term by which this molding is known; or, as the Greekarchitects called it, a Trochillus. Thefillets may be considered as tangents,and the line parallel to the line joiningthe fillet as another tangent.
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