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 37
ndOPQ. To gi\e the Bncks or S:a/,csthe true Sumir.erinj:^, divide theArch LMN into lb many equalParts as the Thicknefs of theBrick will allow, as 1,2,3,4,^^^. Bring down the SliJing-Lathto I, and on its Edge draw theSummering or Joint of the firltBrick, then move it to 2; in thefame manner draw the… … at G; then ere£t a Perpendicularat Pleafure from V to E, :;Mofrom G towards D, and fromA towards C ; then draw theRal.iiig Line AB, and let up theiIeii;ht,of the Arch from A toC, and from B to E, and draw theLine C E; then divide the LuksAC and CD into any Numberof equal Parts ; alfo the Lines]3E…
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