Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 29
es similar to the one here explained. (23) To divide a field into given portions by lines starting from the same point. "Suppose, for example, that the given point is a reservoir of water, which all the owners of the field are to use." (Fig. 20.) Calculate the area of the whole field. It is… … Fig. 20. then A M X will be the first required part. If AM B is less than one-seventh, find B M O equal to the deficiency, and then A M O is the first seventh part. In the triangle B M X, to find B X we have the area and the altitude M N, from which B X is easily found. Operating in the same manner…
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