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Carpentry made easy, or, The science and art of framing, on a new and improved system : with specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc., comprising also a system of bridge building, with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables ... (1857)

Bell, William E · Philadelphia : Howard Challen · leaf 48

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ngle within a givencircle. Let ABCDEF be the circumference of anycircle. Draw the radii AO and BO, in sucha manner that the chord AB, which connectstheir extremities, shall be equal to the radiusitself. This chord will be one side of theregular, inscribed hexagon. For, the triangleABO, being… … 40 CARPE2TTRY MADE EASY. is one sixth of a eireumference; hence, the sides of the angle AOB interceptone sixth of the circumference : therefore, the chord AB, applied six times tothje circumference, will exactly reach around it, and form a regular hexagon;for the angles of this hexagon will also be…

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