A treatise on surveying and navigation: uniting the theoretical, practical, and educational features of these subjects (1857)
Robinson, Horatio N[elson], 1806-1867. [from old catalog] · Cincinnati, J. Ernst; Toledo, Anderson, Burr, & co. · leaf 20
describe a circle;then AFB will be the segment required, as any angle F, made init, will be equal to the given angle, C. Proof, (th 11. b. 3), and (th. 8, b. 3). PROBLEM 14. To cut a segment from anygiven circle, that shall contain a givenangle. Let C be the given angle. Takeany point, as A, in the… … PROBLEM 15. To construct an equilateral triangle on a given finite straight line. Let AB be the given line, and from oneextremity, i, as a center, with a radiusequal to AB, describe an arc. At the otherextremity, B, with the same radius, describeanother arc. From C, where these twoarcs intersect,…
Surveying · Navigation
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