The Path-Way to Knowledg, Containing the First Principles of GeometrieRecord, Robert
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The Path-Way to Knowledg, Containing the First Principles of Geometrie
Record, Robert
Geometry -- Early works to 1800
A.B.C.D. is the circle assigned, and A.C. and B.D. are the two
diameters which crosse in the centre E, and make .iiij. right
corners. Then do I make fowre other lines, that is A.B, B.C,
C.D, and D.A, which do ioyne together the fowre endes of the ij.
diameters. And so is the square quadrate made in the circle
assigned, as the conclusion willeth.
THE XXXIIII. CONCLVSION.
To make a square quadrate aboute annye circle assigned.
Drawe two diameters in crosse waies, so that they make foure
righte angles in the centre. Then with your compasse take the
length of the halfe diameter, and set one foote of the compas in
eche end of the compas, so shall you haue viij. archelines. Then
yf you marke the prickes wherin those arch lines do crosse, and
draw betwene those iiij. prickes iiij right lines, then haue you
made the square quadrate accordinge to the request of the
conclusion.
_Example._
[Illustration]
A.B.C. is the circle assigned in which first I draw two
diameters, in crosse waies, making iiij. righte angles, and
those ij. diameters are A.C. and B.D. Then sette I my compasse
(whiche is opened according to the semidiameter of the said
circle) fixing one foote in the end of euery semidiameter, and
drawe with the other foote twoo arche lines, one on euery side.
As firste, when I sette the one foote in A, then with the other
foote I doo make twoo arche lines, one in E, and an other in F.
Then sette I the one foote of the compasse in B, and drawe twoo
arche lines F. and G. Like wise setting the compasse foote in C,
I drawe twoo other arche lines, G. and H, and on D. I make twoo
other, H. and E. Then frome the crossinges of those eighte arche
lines I drawe iiij. straighte lynes, that is to saye, E.F, and
F.G, also G.H, and H.E, whiche iiij. straighte lynes do make the
square quadrate that I should draw about the circle assigned.
THE XXXV. CONCLVSION.
To draw a circle in any square quadrate appointed.
Fyrste deuide euery side of the quadrate into twoo equall
partes, and so drawe two lynes betwene eche two contrary
poinctes, and where those twoo lines doo crosse, there is the
centre of the circle. Then sette the foote of the compasse in
that point, and stretch forth the other foot, according to the
length of halfe one of those lines, and so make a compas in the
square quadrate assigned.
_Example._
[Illustration]
A.B.C.D. is the quadrate appointed, in whiche I muste make a
circle. Therefore first I do deuide euery side in ij. equal
partes, and draw ij. lines acrosse, betwene eche ij. cõtrary
prickes, as you se E.G, and F.H, whiche mete in K, and therfore
shal K, be the centre of the circle. Then do I set one foote of
the compas in K. and opẽ the other as wide as K.E, and so draw a
circle, which is made accordinge to the conclusion.
THE XXXVI. CONCLVSION.
To draw a circle about a square quadrate.
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