An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 58
... surface from the damp . Scamozzi imagines that the mouldings at the bases and capitals of columns had their origin in cinctures of iron , to prevent the splitting of the timber from the superincumbent weight . Others , however , are of ...
... surface from the damp . Scamozzi imagines that the mouldings at the bases and capitals of columns had their origin in cinctures of iron , to prevent the splitting of the timber from the superincumbent weight . Others , however , are of ...
Page 264
... surface and solids ; and these have two varieties , dependent on their being straight or curved . 875. Geometrical ... surface . As in the case of 2. A surface is that which has length and breadth , without thickness . though not in ...
... surface and solids ; and these have two varieties , dependent on their being straight or curved . 875. Geometrical ... surface . As in the case of 2. A surface is that which has length and breadth , without thickness . though not in ...
Page 276
... surface of a rectangle is equal to the product of its two sides . Let the rectangle be ABCD ( fig . 286. ) . If the physical line AB be multiplied by the physical line AD , the pro- duct will be the surface ABCD . B b b b b b b b b b c ...
... surface of a rectangle is equal to the product of its two sides . Let the rectangle be ABCD ( fig . 286. ) . If the physical line AB be multiplied by the physical line AD , the pro- duct will be the surface ABCD . B b b b b b b b b b c ...
Page 277
... surface of the rectangle is equal ( Prop . 53. ) to the product of BF and BC . Wherefore the surface of the triangle is equal to half the product of BF and BC , that is , of DA and GC . 932. PROP . LV . To measure the surface of any ...
... surface of the rectangle is equal ( Prop . 53. ) to the product of BF and BC . Wherefore the surface of the triangle is equal to half the product of BF and BC , that is , of DA and GC . 932. PROP . LV . To measure the surface of any ...
Page 278
... surface of the parallelogram ABCD contains the surface of the parallelogram FGLM as many times exactly as the base AD contains the base FM . Sup- pose , for example , that the base AD is triple of the base FM ; in this case the surface ...
... surface of the parallelogram ABCD contains the surface of the parallelogram FGLM as many times exactly as the base AD contains the base FM . Sup- pose , for example , that the base AD is triple of the base FM ; in this case the surface ...
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