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
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,… … Or, (ax. 1). 18 SURVEYING. PROBLEM 16. To construct a triangle, having its three sides equal to three givenlilies, any two of which shall be greater than the third. Let AB, CD, and EF represent the three E F lines. Take any one of them, as AB, to be one C D side of the triangle. From A, as a…
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