Further Example of how to Divide a Given Oblique Square into a Given Number of Equal Squares, say Twenty-five
Having drawn the square ABCD, which is enclosed, as will be seen, in a dotted square in parallel perspective, I divide the line
EA into five equal parts instead of four (Fig. 135), and have made use of the device for that purpose by measuring off the required number on line EF, &c. Fig. 136 is introduced here simply to show that the square can be divided into any number of smaller squares. Nor need the figure be necessarily a square; it is just as easy to make it an oblong, as ABEF (Fig. 136); for although we begin with a square we can extend it in any direction we please, as here shown.
Fig. 135.
Fig. 136.