Practical plane and solid geometry for advanced students, including graphic statics, adapted to the requirements of the South Kensington syllabus (1899)
Harrison, Joseph, Baxandall, George Albert · London Macmillan · leaf 182
ngation diagram may be drawn automatically. bnspersq.in. (a) 30 \ \ \ ^^~ v <^ s L L. I i J/J 1 /ft 0 elonaati<m 0 Z VI PLOTTINTG ON SQUARED TAPER 167 (/>) Contour road-map.—A cyclist may wish to knowthe elevation above the sea-level, or the gradient at anypoint of his route; this is well… … Sea-Level (c) Price chart.—A manufacturer who studies closelythe variations in the market prices of materials day by daywould be interested in diagrams like that of Fig. (c), whichshows the fluctuations in the price of the metal tin duringthe month of June 1898, the abscissae being market-days,and…