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 72
s of the three medians. A median is a line drawn from any vertex to the middlepoint of the opposite side. Make AD = Ff, and produce it to G such that DG =DO = IAD. ^ith O and G as centres, and f K and § L as radiirespectively, describe two arcs intersecting at B. Join BD and produce it to C, making… … 0 56 -JG 58 PRACTICAL PLANE GEOMETRY chap. 57. Problem.—To construct a triangle, having given(a) the hase, vertical angle, and the ratio of the sides,say 3:5; (h) the base, altitude, and the ratio of thesides, 3 :5. (a) Let AB be the given base. Select any convenientunit, and construct the triangle…