Let the diameter AB of the given sphere be set out, and let it be bisected at C;
let the semicircle ADB be described on AB, let CD be drawn from C at right angles to AB, let DB be joined;
let the square EFGH, having each of its sides equal to DB, be set out, let HF, EG be joined,
from the point K let the straight line KL be set up at right angles to the plane of the square EFGH, [XI. 12]
and let it be carried through to the other side of the plane, as KM;
from the straight lines KL, KM let KL, KM be respectively cut off equal to one of the straight lines EK, FK, GK, HK, and let LE, LF, LG, LH, ME, MF, MG, MH be joined.