An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... perpendicular height of the great pyramid is exactly 280 of such ells , the base 448 ; and that base : perpendicular height : slant height : base . Upon the top thereof is a platform 32 ft . square , consisting of nine large stones ...
... perpendicular height of the great pyramid is exactly 280 of such ells , the base 448 ; and that base : perpendicular height : slant height : base . Upon the top thereof is a platform 32 ft . square , consisting of nine large stones ...
Page 265
... perpendicular to another when the two angles it makes with that other line are equal : thus , the line CD ( fig . 27. ) is perpendicular to the line AB , if the angles CDA , CDB contain an equal number of degrees . Fig . 226 . 12. Two ...
... perpendicular to another when the two angles it makes with that other line are equal : thus , the line CD ( fig . 27. ) is perpendicular to the line AB , if the angles CDA , CDB contain an equal number of degrees . Fig . 226 . 12. Two ...
Page 267
... perpendicular to that line . Let C ( fig . 241. ) be the point from which it is required to draw a perpendicular to the right line AB . From the point C describe an arc of a circle which shall cut the line AB in two points F and G. Then ...
... perpendicular to that line . Let C ( fig . 241. ) be the point from which it is required to draw a perpendicular to the right line AB . From the point C describe an arc of a circle which shall cut the line AB in two points F and G. Then ...
Page 268
... perpendicular to the line AB , the angle CDA is a rig angle , and also the angle CDB . For the line CD , meeting the line AB , forms with it two angles , which are together ( Prop . 10 ) equal to two right angles ; and these two angles ...
... perpendicular to the line AB , the angle CDA is a rig angle , and also the angle CDB . For the line CD , meeting the line AB , forms with it two angles , which are together ( Prop . 10 ) equal to two right angles ; and these two angles ...
Page 273
... perpendicular FG : this line will pass through the centre , and consequently , if it be bisected , the point of division will be the centre . D B FM Fig . 267 . If the centre of the circle be not in the line FG , it must be somewhere ...
... perpendicular FG : this line will pass through the centre , and consequently , if it be bisected , the point of division will be the centre . D B FM Fig . 267 . If the centre of the circle be not in the line FG , it must be somewhere ...
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