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Prob. V. Fig. 14.
21? draw a Geometrical Square.
By the fecond method of Prob. III. raife a perpendicular, as
E d. Fig. 14, Plate II. then extend the compafles equal to the tide
of the propofed fquare..
Fix one foot in E, and fweep the arch b d, which will cut
the line E b, E d, equal to the Udes of its fquare. Laftly, from
d and b, with the fame opening of the compafles, fweep the
other arches, and their fedtion will form a perpendicular to the
points b and dy by which the fquare is completed.
From what has been faid, it will eafily be underftood how?
to draw a Parallelogram.
Prob. VI. Fig. 2' and
To draw a Rhombs
If the fldes of this figure be intended to incline at an angle
of fixty degrees, all that is neceflary is to draw two equilateral’
triangles from their oppofite bafes: and to draw an equilateral
triangle is nothing more than, to take in the compafles the given
fide.