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 eight things. We subtract this from fifteen multiplied by itself; the remainder is twenty-nine dirhems and twenty-eight things less one square. The root of this is the height. As, therefore, the root of this is the height, and the root of one hundred and sixty-nine less square is the height likewise, we know that they both are the same. Reduce them, by removing square against square, since both are negatives. There remain twenty-nine [dirhems] plus twenty-eight things, which are equal to one hundred and sixty-nine. Subtract now twenty-nine from one hundred and sixty-nine. The remainder is one hundred and forty, equal to twenty-eight things. One thing is, consequently, five. This is the distance of the said point from the side of thirteen yards. The complement of the basis towards the other side is nine. Now in order to find the height, you multiply five by itself, and subtract it from the contiguous side, which is thirteen, multiplied by itself. The remainder is one hundred and forty-four. Its root is the height. It is twelve. The height forms always two right angles with the basis, and it is called the column, on account of its standing perpendicularly. Multiply the height into half the basis, which is seven. The