THE VIII. CONCLVSYON.

How to deuide the arche of a circle into two equall partes,

without measuring the arche.

Deuide the corde of that line info ij. equall portions, and then

from the middle prycke erecte a plumbe line, and it shal parte

that arche in the middle.

[Illustration]

_Example._

The arch to be diuided ys A.D.C, the corde is A.B.C, this corde

is diuided in the middle with B, from which prick if I erect a

plum line as B.D, then will it diuide the arch in the middle,

that is to say, in D.

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