A text book of geometrical drawing : abridged from the octavo edition : for the use of schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained, the practical problems are arranged from the most simple to the more complex, and in their description technicalities are avoided as much as possible : with an introduction to isometrical drawing : and an essay on linear perspective and shadows ... (1849)
. 4th. Draw A, E, E. F and F. B, which completethe square. Problem 16. Fig. 2. In the given square G. H. K. J, to inscribe an Octagon. 1st. Draw the diagonals G. K and H. J, intersectingeach other in P. 2nd. With a radius equal to half the diagonal fromthe corners G. H. K and J, draw arcs cutting…