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)
eir pointof intersection at C is the centre of the required circle. 3rd. With one foot of the dividers at C, and a radiusequal to C JVJ, C. JV, or C 0, describe the circle. Problem 23. Fig. 4. To find the Centre for describing the Segment of a Circle, 1st. Let P. R be the chord of the segment, and…