Geometry.
Geometria.
[Illustration]
A _Geometrician_
measureth the _height_
of a _Tower_, 1....2.
_Geometra_
metitur _Altitudinem_
_Turris_, 1....2.
or the _distance_
of _places_, 3....4.
either with a _Quadrant_, 5.
or a _Jacob’s-staff_, 6.
aut _distantiam_
_Locorum_, 3....4.
sive _Quadrante_, 5.
sive _Radio_, 6.
He maketh out
the _Figures of things_,
with _Lines_, 7.
_Angles_, 8.
and _Circles_, 9.
Designat
_Figuras rerum_
_Lineis_, 7,
_Angulis_, 8.
& _Circulis_, 9.
by a _Rule_, 10.
a _Square_, 11.
and a _pair of Compasses_, 12.
ad _Regulam_, 10.
_Normam_, 11.
& _Circinum_, 12.
Out of these arise
an _Oval_, 13.
a _Triangle_, 14.
a _Quadrangle_, 15.
and other figures.
Ex his oriuntur
_Cylindrus_, 13.
_Trigonus_ 14.
_Tetragonus_, 15.
& aliæ figuræ.