Geodaesia : or, The art of surveying and measuring land made easy (1768)
Love, John, fl. 1688, Clark, Samuel · London : Printed for J. Rivington · leaf 174
gle E F G will be equal to the trapeziumA B C D A, which is to be divided as before ;therefore find, by the rule of proportion, what thefirft mans bafe muft be, viz. 3 i chains, 52 links,fet it from F to H, and draw the line H E; fo (hallyou divide the trapezium according to the formerproportion.… … A D ; and parallel thereto B F, EG, extending thebafe from C to F, and from D to G; then draw thelines A F, A G, which will make the triangleA F G equal to the five-fided figure. If this wereL 4 t0 152 Of Dividing Lands, to be divided into two equal parts, you muft takeF H equal to half of the bafe…
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