Mechanical exercises, or, The elements and practice of carpentry, joinery, bricklaying, masonry, slating, plastering, painting, smithing, and turning (1812)
Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844 · London: J. Taylor · leaf 69
first ofthe given lines, A C equal to the second, A Dequal to the third. Join B D, and draw C Eparallel to B D, cutting A E produced at E.Then will A E, be a fourth proportional to A B,AC, AD, or AB, AC, A D, A E. Prob. vii. To divide a line in the same propor-tion as another is divided. Pl. 6.… … \ Oa7064.3ii 0 ^ O JO P \\\ \\\ \^ 1 -itt-TJi • inil 11 n c t> S 7 ff S 4- -3 21 o 2 9 t M ZrnJor- JhiFrsAeJMriti Wjen3,..7:rm-7e--//{,ahir<nc^ PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. ^20 E I, cutting A1 at F G H, (hen the parts A F,F G, G H, HI, will be to one another, or to thewhole line A I, as the parts A B,…
