Construction Of A Circle That Tangents 2 Given Lines And Goes Through A Given Point

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

An illustration showing how to construct a circle that tangents two given lines and goes through a given point c on the line FC, which bisects the angle of the lines. “Through C draw AB at right angles to CF; bisect the angles DAB and EBA, and the crossing on CF is the center of the required circle.”

Source

Albert A. Hopkins Scientific America: Handy Book Of Facts And Formulas (New York: Munn & Co., Inc., 1918) 37

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1946, 353.2 KiB

Large GIF

1024×830, 38.5 KiB

Medium GIF

640×518, 22.5 KiB

Small GIF

320×259, 9.7 KiB