The Encyclopedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalCrown, 1982 - 1364 pages |
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Page 300
... axis of the cone , the common section of the two planes is called the line of the axis . D X Fig . 404 . M Fig . 405 . 5. The point or points in which the line of the axis is cut by the conic surface is or are called the vertex or ...
... axis of the cone , the common section of the two planes is called the line of the axis . D X Fig . 404 . M Fig . 405 . 5. The point or points in which the line of the axis is cut by the conic surface is or are called the vertex or ...
Page 302
... axis is to the square of the major axis as the difference of the squares of half the minor axis and the distance of an ordinate from the centre on the minor axis to the square of that ordinate . E M Q A Draw MQ ( fig . 410. ) parallel ...
... axis is to the square of the major axis as the difference of the squares of half the minor axis and the distance of an ordinate from the centre on the minor axis to the square of that ordinate . E M Q A Draw MQ ( fig . 410. ) parallel ...
Page 308
... axis and KI the minor axis of the ellipsis required . The demonstration of this method , in which the line QK has nothing to do with the construction , is as follows : — P L E M H Q R B K Fig . 429 . By the similar triangles CPM and CQR ...
... axis and KI the minor axis of the ellipsis required . The demonstration of this method , in which the line QK has nothing to do with the construction , is as follows : — P L E M H Q R B K Fig . 429 . By the similar triangles CPM and CQR ...
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