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The American house-carpenter; a treatise on the art of building, and the strength of materials (1873)

Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York : J. Wiley · leaf 396

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f the cylinder, and describeon o the face of the cylinder p h q ; then extend d bacross the cylinder, cutting it in Z and k—giving theposition of the face of the risers, as required. Tofind the face-mould for the twists is simple and ob-vious : it being merely a quarter of an ellipse, hav-ing o j… … SECTION VII.—SHADOWS. 499.—The art of drawing consists in representing solids upona plane surface : so that a curious and nice adjustment of lines ian ade to present the same appearance to the eye, as does thehuman figure, a tree, or a house. It is by the effects of light, inits reflection, shade,…

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