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 78
P, andtouch a given straight line AB. Draw GE perpendicular to AB, meeting the given circle in C andD ; join CP. Describe a circle to pass through P, D, E, cutting PC in F. By Prob. 59 describe a circle passing through P, F, and touchingAB ; this will be the required circle. Note.—There are two… … 64 PRACTICAL PLANE GEOMETRY chap. 68. Problem.—To describe a circle which shall touchthree given circles, centres A, B, C. Let rv r2, r3 denote the lengths of the radii of the circles, centresA, B, C respectively, the first being the least. With centre B and radius r., - i\, describe a circle, and…