An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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Page 323
... vertical or horizontal pro jection , a third operation is necessary , and that is founded on a principle common to all projections ; viz . that the length of an inclined line projected or foreshortened on a plane , depends upon the ...
... vertical or horizontal pro jection , a third operation is necessary , and that is founded on a principle common to all projections ; viz . that the length of an inclined line projected or foreshortened on a plane , depends upon the ...
Page 329
... vertical planes shown by the lines AD , DB , DC , and that they will meet at the extremity of the vertical , passing through the intersection of these planes at the point D. Thus we obtain for each side a rectangular triangle , wherein ...
... vertical planes shown by the lines AD , DB , DC , and that they will meet at the extremity of the vertical , passing through the intersection of these planes at the point D. Thus we obtain for each side a rectangular triangle , wherein ...
Page 336
... vertical axis or diameter ; then , as the said vertical axis is to the other axis ( parall to the base of the segment ) , so is the area of the circular segment first found to th area of the elliptic segment sought . This rule is ...
... vertical axis or diameter ; then , as the said vertical axis is to the other axis ( parall to the base of the segment ) , so is the area of the circular segment first found to th area of the elliptic segment sought . This rule is ...
Page 340
... vertical AB . 1216. These different forces may also be found by transferring to the vertical D ( fig.519 . ) any length of line DF to represent the weight of the body . If from the point the parallels FI , FG be drawn in the direction ...
... vertical AB . 1216. These different forces may also be found by transferring to the vertical D ( fig.519 . ) any length of line DF to represent the weight of the body . If from the point the parallels FI , FG be drawn in the direction ...
Page 341
... vertical BD , by taking successively for radius the diagonals BD , BE , and BF . B M L 1255. In the accompanying diagram , the weight , instead of being suspended by strings acting by tension , is sustained by forces which are supposed ...
... vertical BD , by taking successively for radius the diagonals BD , BE , and BF . B M L 1255. In the accompanying diagram , the weight , instead of being suspended by strings acting by tension , is sustained by forces which are supposed ...
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