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 222
, to meetthe horizontal through a in bx. Project from b( to meetthe line through b parallel to xy, in by Then ab^ = AB,and ab1b = fi. The first construction represents AB turned about Bb, so that ABbecomes parallel to the vertical plane. In the second construction ABis turned about Aa , until AB is… … Examples.—1. The plan and elevation of a line are 2 and 3long. The projectors of its extremities are l apart. Findthe true length and inclinations of the line. Ans. 3.46, 54-7°, 6o°. 2. One end of a line is .75 below the horizontal plane ; the other end is 1.5 above it. What is the true length and…