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The Decorator's assistant (1847)

[London : W. Gibbs] · leaf 120

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Divide a b into three equal parts. From tliepoints c and d describe the circles a e d i andB H c K. Througb the intersection f and thecentre c draw f e ; and through g and d drawthe line g h. From f, with the radius f e,describe the arc e k ; and from g, with theradius g h, describe the arc h i ;… … From the point b draw b c perpendicularand equal to a b. On a and c, with the radiusA B, describe arcs cutting each other in d.Draw the lines d a, d c, and the figure a b c dwill be the square required. PROBLEM xxir. To describe a rectangle or parallelogram,whose length and breadth shall be equal…

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