An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, and PracticalLongmans, Green, 1876 - 1395 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 262
... surface . As in the case of B C a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict notion of a line , yet an infinitely thin line , as a hair , may convey the idea of a line : a thread drawn tight , a straight line . 4. A point is that ...
... surface . As in the case of B C a surface , it is difficult to convey the strict notion of a line , yet an infinitely thin line , as a hair , may convey the idea of a line : a thread drawn tight , a straight line . 4. A point is that ...
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... surface of the rectangle ABCD . Wherefore the surface ABCD is equal to the line AB taken as many times as there are physical points in the line AD ; that is , ( Defin . 4. ) equal to the line AB multiplied by the line AD . 931. PROP ...
... surface of the rectangle ABCD . Wherefore the surface ABCD is equal to the line AB taken as many times as there are physical points in the line AD ; that is , ( Defin . 4. ) equal to the line AB multiplied by the line AD . 931. PROP ...
Page 275
... 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 . B D Fig . 257 . 932. PROP . LV . To measure the ...
... 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 . B D Fig . 257 . 932. PROP . LV . To measure the ...
Page 276
... 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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