Hutchinson, G. W. Caldwell, Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896 · London ; New York : Macmillan and Co. · leaf 62
43 compare its length with that of a b. As the length is very shortit will perhaps be confusing to measure it up the whole lengthof a b. Therefore as c b on the ground line is the same lengthas A b, divide c b in half and compare the length of g c with thehalf of c b. The comparison may easily be… … c b d Fig. 20. Draw a b the height of the block and find the front of theblock as in Fig. 19. Find the length and slope of the lines c e andd f by comparison with the half of the line c b which equals a b.From e and f draw lines parallel to c a and d a, meeting b aproduced in g. 44 SOME HINTS ON…
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