An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 pages |
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... curve , and the modes of describing it , is of great importance to the architect . Excepting the circle , which may be called an ellipsis in which the two foci coincide , it is the most generally employed curve in architecture . 1075 ...
... curve , and the modes of describing it , is of great importance to the architect . Excepting the circle , which may be called an ellipsis in which the two foci coincide , it is the most generally employed curve in architecture . 1075 ...
Page 314
... curve in the same ratio as the line itself divides the double ordinate . Let QM ( fig . 451. ) be the double ordinate , MT the tangent , AP the axis , GK the intercepted line divided by the curve in the point I ; then will GI IK :: MK ...
... curve in the same ratio as the line itself divides the double ordinate . Let QM ( fig . 451. ) be the double ordinate , MT the tangent , AP the axis , GK the intercepted line divided by the curve in the point I ; then will GI IK :: MK ...
Page 315
... curve described by a projectile , and that it is the form in which a jet of water is delivered from an orifice made in the side of a reservoir . So is it the best curve for the reflection of light to be thrown to a distance . In ...
... curve described by a projectile , and that it is the form in which a jet of water is delivered from an orifice made in the side of a reservoir . So is it the best curve for the reflection of light to be thrown to a distance . In ...
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