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Mathematics practically applied to the useful and fine arts / by Charles Dupin; adapted to the state of the arts in England by George Birkbeck
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PROPORTIONS OF THE CIRCLE. 93

ter, and to the right of the half chord perpendicular to thediameter:

3rd. The half chord CP, a mean proportional betweenthe two parts of the diameter, placed on its right andleft.

These geometrical properties are of great use in esti-mating the effects and the movements of machines.