The cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book : in four parts (1802)
Sheraton, Thomas, 1751-1806 · London : Printed by T. Bensley ... for W. Baynes · leaf 64
adius of a cir-cle that will contain 12.1 five times : therefore with the compafTes thus fix-ed, defcribe the circle, Fig. 20. and it will admit of 12.1 five times, forminga regular Pentagon. And here it (hould be obferved, that what has been done in this Problemfor drawing a Pentagon, prepares the… … J. froki^ Jai/p r Tui-Piu t/ir •i.. dtr;rt.r.^l\f,t.jO. i~,)i.ln ti./h /,/■//¥?//// ift/, ( 45 ) Prob. VIII. Fig. 19.To defcribe a Hexagon, vvhofe fides fliall be equal to any given length. Operation.—Take 12.1, the fuppofed dimenfion of the fide of the Hexa-gon, and with this radius draw a circle,…
