The builder's dictionary, or, Gentleman and architect's companion : explaining not only the terms of art in all the several parts of architecture, but also containing the theory and practice of the various branches thereof ... : also necessary problems in arithmetic, geometry, mechanics, perspective, hydraulics, and other mathematical sciences : together with the quantities proportions, and prices of all kinds of materials used in building ... (1734)
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752 · London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch ..., and S. Austen ... · leaf 24
as 5- is anAliquant Part of 12; for beingtaken twice, it falls fhort, and iftaken three Times, it exceeds 12. MjlQlJOTPart [i-a Artthrne-iick\ is fuch a Part of a Number aswill meafure it exa6fly withoutany Remainder, as 3 is an Ali-quot Fart of 9, and 4 of 12. ALLEY [in Perfpeaive~\ isthat which… … the Cutting Line; the one belowthe firft Parallel, and the otherabove the fecond, as the AnglesE and D and F and C. ALTERNATE Proportion,or Ratio.^ [in A7jthm$U(k^\ is the aflTuming an Antecedent toan Antecedent, as the Confe-quent to the Confcquent ; as ifA B, CD, then by alternateProportion, will…
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