Excerpt from A d104 Book of Geometrical Drawing, Abridged From the Octavo Edition, for the Use of Schools: In Which the Definitions and Rules of Geometry Are Familiarly Explained, the Practical Problems Are Arranged From the Most Simple to the More Complex To erect or let fall a perpendicular, Construction and division of angles, Construction of polygons, Problems relating to the circle, Parallel ruler, and its application, Scale of chords and plane scales, Protractor, its construction and application, Flat segments of circles and parabolas. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.