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 272
A To defcribe the SCALE-NUM triangle ABC, whofe Here Note, that when one Sides fhall be equal to the 9of the Angles of a Scalene Lines given E E, F F, andTriangle 1$ right angled, as the G Q. F- (1 ^••.A.--N •E … Brfi, s c s c jF/r/, Make B C = E E, garebyLincsfenfibly totlieEye and on C B, with the Diftancep F defcribe the Arch A A, andon B with the Diilance F F,the Arch N N,A A in D. interfering SCHEME. See Arches.SCIMA reverfa is an O G,with the hollowSide downwards.SCIMA. See Cima.SCIOGRAPHY, the…
Architecture · Building
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
