A Comprehensive Practical Geometry for Builders

Front Matter....Pages i-v
Producing a Geometrical Drawing....Pages 1-1
Definitions and Simple Exercises....Pages 2-4
Quadrilaterals and Triangles....Pages 5-8
Scale of Chords....Pages 9-9
Regular and Irregular Polygons....Pages 10-12
Areas of Plane Figures....Pages 13-15
The Circle....Pages 16-21
Arches....Pages 22-24
Tracery Design and Loci....Pages 25-29
The Ellipse....Pages 30-32
The Parabola....Pages 33-34
Irregular Curves....Pages 35-35
Entasis of a Column....Pages 36-36
Roman and Grecian Mouldings....Pages 37-39
Enlarging and Reducing Drawings....Pages 40-42
Raking Mouldings....Pages 43-45
Inclined and Oblique Surfaces....Pages 46-50
Pipe Bending....Pages 51-51
Pictorial Drawings....Pages 52-55
Orthographic Projections....Pages 56-58
Prisms and Related Examples....Pages 59-72
Pyramids and Related Examples....Pages 73-78
The Cylinder and Related Examples....Pages 79-85
The Cone and Related Examples....Pages 86-92
The Sphere and Related Examples....Pages 93-95
Domes, Dormer and Turret Roofs....Pages 96-99
Scrolls, Volutes and Spirals....Pages 100-102
The Helix and Spiral Staircases....Pages 103-104
Geometrical Staircases....Pages 105-107
Handrailing ~ One~Bevel Work....Pages 108-110
Handrailing ~ Two~Bevel Work....Pages 111-114
Machine Cutters....Pages 115-116
Double ~ Curvature Work....Pages 117-122