A source book of problems for geometry, based upon industrial design and architectural ornament (1912)
Sykes, Mabel, 1868-, Slaught, H. E. (Herbert Ellsworth), 1861-1937, Lennes, N. J. (Nels Johann), 1874- · Boston, Allyn and Bacon · leaf 325
e. — The ogee arch is much used onTurkish buildings, and is common as an ornamental fea-ture in the late Gothic. It is very generally used incanopies and gables ^ in the masses of ornament that coverthe inside and the outside of the later Gothic cathedrals.Half of it is sometimes used for veranda… … ARCHES 313 EXERCISES 1. Construct arcs CH and CG tangent to the line CD at point C,and to the semicircle. Suggestion. — Make KC = AD. Draw NE, the perpendicular bi-sector of KD, meeting CK extended at E. E is center for the arcCH. What general problem in construction of circles is involvedhere? 2.…
Geometry · Decoration and ornament
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