A complete treatise on practical land-surveying, in seven parts; (1839)
Nesbit, A[nthony], 1778-1859. [from old catalog] · London, Longman, Orme, Browne, Green, and Longmans; [etc., etc.] · leaf 33
ounded by an arc and two radii at right angles to each other ;as C D B. Corol. Hence a right angle is said to contain 90°. Note.—All Definitions and Rules should be committed to memory. GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS. PROBLEM I. To bisect a given Line A B, in n From A and B as centres, with any radius… … From the point B with any radius, describe the arc A C.From A and C with the same, or any other radius, make theintersection m. Draw the line B m, and it will bisect the aDgleA B C, as required. PROBLEM III. To draw a Line parallel to a given Line A B, at a given Distance. C i- o -N* m TO. From any…
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![An illustration from Nicolai Copernici Torinensis De reuolutionibus orbium coelestium, libri VI : Habes in hoc opere iam recens nato, & aedito, studiose lector, motus stellarum, tam fixarum, quàm erraticarum, cum ex ueteribus, tum etiam ex recentibus obseruationibus restitutos: & nouis insuper ac admirabilibus hypothesibus ornatos. Habes etiam tabulas expeditissimas, ex quibus eosdem ad quoduis tempus quàm facillime caculare poteris. Igitur eme, lege, fruere. [Line in Greek] (1543)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-nicolaicopernici00cope-65-42.webp)
