The svrveyor in foure bookes / By Aaron Rathborne.

  • Aaron Rathborne
Date:
1616
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Credit: The svrveyor in foure bookes / By Aaron Rathborne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Jno eS Reap stents mse onsen enetteersteyis amis paren sk —_ . —<— Lp SE meen ORT AIO er ae mae aeORON Ne HS epi A Ge ~ Laer es ee oe “ * = ae * ~ 2 i> ¥ c, as 4 re — - pes ‘ - — ae Ent. 1. Def.t4. Exe.t. Def.1s. Exe. 1. Def. 16. ‘The Surueyor. Parfit, DEFINITION VIII, A Figure is that which ts contained ‘ynder one or many limits, S thefe three figures, A. Aa and C. whereof the firft is contained vnder one limit ; the fecond, vnder three ; and the third, vnder foure ; and the like of others. Wherein is to be notéd, that of two right lines, no Figure can be contained. DEFINITION IX, the Circumference thereof. Circle, of all other Figures, hath the prioritie, being of all ish per- fe& and abfolute; and therefore moft fitting firft ro be defined : as the Figure A. inthe laft Diagram. DEFINTT LO Nao The Centre of a Circle is that point twhich ts in the middeft thereof : from which point, all right lines, drawne to the Circumference, are equal, | | A S the point B. in this Figure is the Centre thereof, from whence the lines B. A. B. C. and B. D. being drawne to the Circumference (znd as ma- nie others as are {o drawne) are all equall, and are femidiameters to the fame Circle. Pros. 34. The Diameter of a Circle isa right line, pafsing by the Centre through the whole Circle, and dinideth the fameinto two equall parts: Either. halfe SP eo PSE
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