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By the process of elimination we get the following four primaries:
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The process of confrontation of the corresponding points of these four figures (according to rule 2) gives the following four secondaries:
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By confrontation of the points of each secondary with those of its corresponding primary, the following four fresh figures are obtained:
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Fig. 9, confronted with Fig. 10 gives a thirteenth figure
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Which, in its turn, confronted with Fig. 1, gives a sixteenth and last figure,
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Note: Perhaps the top row should be ordered (1) (5) (2) (6) (3) (7) (4) (8) to match the explanation. (Wikisource contributor note)