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. … This is a cima-recta, composed of twoquarters of an ellipse upon the axis. TcS.no A We have here a cima-reversa, com-pounded of two quarters of an ellipsefrom conjugate diameters, which aregiven in position. These are describedupon similar principles to Figures 13,14 and 15. And here we conclude…
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