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The American house carpenter: a treatise upon architecture, cornices and mouldings, framing, doors, windows and stairs. Together with the most important principles of practical geometry (1852)

Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879 · New York, J. Wiley · leaf 131

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Fig. 141. Fig. 140. 235.— To describe the Grecian cavetto, {Fig. 140 and 141,)having the height and projection given, see Art. 118. a I \iw 1^ Wi V c … Fiff. 142. Fig. 143. 236.— To describe the Grecian cyma-recta. When the pro-jection is more than the height, as at Fig. 142, make a b equalto the height, and divide ah c d into 4 equal parallelograms;then proceed cis directed in note to Art. 118. When the projec-tion is less than the height, draw d…

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