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Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845. / The American builder's companion; or, A new system of architecture: particularly adapted to the present style of building in the United States of America
(1806)

Plate 1 [and Plate 2],   pp. Plate 1-11


Page 11


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 Mtpart to~ tlic lower f1lci; I~kc Je  ?,.C1Q Ponf tfand,~4 vI ~iI
 Wacth d         tdfwnawin h'cwsta
       whic wil mke te oher suficintl cnae ar he
Divi&l th e ovoloand flhl-- i~to MWen parTs; give mtk0~Iwr~l
four toby the&ovol e, azedtwo r tothvupe Oier di ine the ovloitoforp
and the two extreme fourths -in- two; fr 3 &akcribc a Lalf circle tuhu
the lines of the fillets; draw the line A B, and draw -lines from i 'to ia
to 2,'
3 to 3, 4 to 4,5S to 5, parallel to the fillets. Suppose the ovolo to Proetevz
parts equal to its height anid height of 'its fillets, traiisfer the dsacsfo
X12 193 3,*4 4,S S'sOntheacircle, to i1x~23,4$pJ
line A B,an  from~ those points tr-ace -the curveA54    tupotk
filtof teovolo. Oberve that the getrthe projection the lower*dei~~
end o thlne  A B must be_         iso shewn by the line CD.
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