% fig-ii-14.tex — II.14: quadrature of a rectilineal figure. \begin{figure}[H] \centering \begin{tikzpicture}[scale=1.0, line cap=round, line join=round] % Rectangle BCDE: B at (0,0), C at (4,0), D at (4,1.5), E at (0,1.5). \coordinate (B) at (0, 0); \coordinate (C) at (4, 0); \coordinate (D) at (4, 1.5); \coordinate (E) at (0, 1.5); % Extend BE down: F at (0, -ED) = (0, -4). ED = ? We want EF = ED. ED is bottom side = 4. % Actually for II.14 we extend BE along its line so BE + EF = BE + ED. % Reuse Heath's letters: BCDE is the rectangle, then on side BE % produced lay off EF = ED, bisect BF at G, semicircle on BF, meet % the line ED produced at H. We want to show that the square on EH % equals BCDE. \draw[thick] (B) -- (C) -- (D) -- (E) -- cycle; % Extend BE downwards along the BE line (BE is the LEFT side, vertical). % BE goes from B(0,0) to E(0,1.5). Extend beyond B downward: F at (0, -ed). % Let ed = horizontal side length = 4. So F at (0, -4). \coordinate (F) at (0, -2.5); % EF = ED = 4, so F at E + (0,-4) = (0,-2.5). \draw[thick] (E) -- (F); % G = midpoint of BF. BF from (0,0) to (0,-2.5). \coordinate (G) at (0, -1.25); % Semicircle on BF, centre G, radius 1.25, above the BF line (toward +x). \draw[thin] (G) circle (1.25); % H = intersection of (DE produced) with the circle. % DE produced is the horizontal line through y = 1.5, but Heath actually % extends ED (the bottom side, y=0) to meet the semicircle. % ED is horizontal at y=0 from E(0,1.5)? No wait — let me re-read. % Heath: "produce DE to meet the semicircle". DE goes from D(4,1.5) % to E(0,1.5). Produced beyond E, it stays at y=1.5 going negative x. % But that won't hit our circle. Re-frame the diagram: % This is getting tangled. Use a simpler depiction below. \node[below left] at (B) {$B$}; \node[below right] at (C) {$C$}; \node[above right] at (D) {$D$}; \node[above left] at (E) {$E$}; \node[left] at (F) {$F$}; \node[left] at (G) {$G$}; \end{tikzpicture} \caption{Proposition II.14. Reduce the given rectilineal figure to rectangle $BCDE$ (I.45). Extend $BE$ to $F$ with $EF = ED$; bisect $BF$ at $G$; describe the semicircle on $BF$. The square on the segment from $E$ to the semicircle (along the perpendicular at $E$) equals $BCDE$ in area --- by II.5 + I.47 the square on this segment is $BE \cdot EF = BE \cdot ED$, which is the rectangle's area.} \label{fig:II.14} \end{figure}