A text book of geometrical drawing, for the use of mechanics and schools, in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained (1849)
lem 50. Fig. 1. To find Points in the Curve of an Ellipsis by Intersecting Lines, Let A. By be the given transverse axis^ and C. D, the conjugate.1st. Describe the parallelogram L, M, JV. 0, the boundaries passing through the ends of the axes.2nd. Divide A, L,—A. JV,—B, M, and B, 0, into any number…